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How cutting-edge technology, novel search techniques, and persistence paid off Rarely seen images, video, and audio of the discovery can be found here.Woods Hole, Mass. (August 8, 2025) – On September 1, 1985, the wreck of the RMS Titanic was discovered about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic by an international team led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the French oceanographic institution, IFREMER. The expedition, led by Robert Ballard–then head of WHOI’s Deep Submergence Lab–used innovative technology and search techniques that helped spawn a new era in deep-sea exploration and discovery.Deep ocean technology...

The 194 members of the World Health Organisation have recognised 'gaming disorder' as an illness at the 72nd World Health Assembly today. The WHO finalised the eleventh revision of its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) in June last year, which included gaming disorder. The disorder is described as: 'a pattern of behaviour characterised by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming takes precedence over other interests and daily activities, and continuation or escalation of gaming despite the occurrence of negative consequences'. The WHO stated at...

A robotic submarine is undergoing final preparations to dive to the deepest-known part of the oceans. If successful, Nereus will be the first autonomous vehicle to visit the 11,000m (36,089ft) Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean. Only two other vehicles have ever visited the spot before, both of them human operated. The $5m submarine will make the attempt in late May or early June after a series of increasingly deep dives. “ From 6,500m to 11,000m metres Nereus has the field pretty much to itself ” Ian Rouse National Oceanography Centre "Instead of jumping directly into the deep end of...