Civil War shipwreck remains in ‘fantastic’ shape on ocean floor

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently released highlights from its 2025 survey of the USS Monitor, the iconic prototype ironclad warship that sank during the Civil War.
IEEE

Side-Scan Sonar Underwater Target Detection: Combining the Diffusion Model With an Improved YOLOv7 Model

Abstract: Side-scan sonar (SSS) plays a crucial role in underwater exploration. Autonomous analysis of SSS images is vital for detecting unknown targets in underwater environments. However, due to the ...

How AI could unlock deep‑sea secrets of marine life

Somewhere in the North Atlantic, more than a kilometer beneath its surface, a cold-water coral reef stretches across an ...
IEEE

Large Foundation Model Empowered Discriminative Underwater Image Enhancement

Abstract: The underwater color disparity is an important cue for enhancing an underwater image. Applying the underwater color disparity indiscriminately to the entire underwater image tends to give ...

39 Underwater Photos That Prove There’s A Whole World We Never See

The Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 winners have been announced! This UK-based competition celebrates the best photography beneath the surface of oceans, lakes, rivers, and even ...
Ever After in the Woods

This Underwater Florida Art Gallery Is Home To Over 1,000 Mermaids

Divers in Florida are exploring an underwater mermaid reef near Palm Beach where sculptures double as artificial reefs that ...
The Toy Book

A Taste of 2026: A First Look at This Year’s New Toys and Games

Loops Lab evolves with HedX, wild new figurines that empower users to become DJs and creators of enormous musical power. With their ability to infuse every session with incredible ...
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PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid’s Curse Details Characters, Underwater Gathering, and Mocking Birds

Square Enix has revealed new details about horror mystery visual novel PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid’s Curse, including characters, the Underwater Gathering mini-game, and mocking birds. Yuza ...
CoinDesk

Tom Lee's Bitmine now $8 billion underwater as ether tumbles below $2,000

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), the world's largest Ethereum-focused treasury company is now sitting on nearly $8 billion in paper losses after ether (ETH) fell below $2,000 on Thursday. The ...
GameInformer

Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse Brings Underwater Horrors This February

Square Enix's spine-tingling Paranormasight is getting a follow-up. Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse will arrive in just two weeks, on February 19, 2026. The first Paranormasight was released in ...
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Unfathomable Underwater Horrors Surfacing Soon in PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid’s Curse

Square Enix today announced via February 5th’s Nintendo Direct that PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid’s Curse will release on February 19, 2026 to Switch, PC, and mobile devices. The game follows 2023’s hit ...