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[Whistle-like sound.] That’s not a bird whistling. This sound was recorded 2000 feet below the ocean’s surface. [More]

Autonomous mini-sailboat drones ply the ocean and mop up oil spills, gather information on marine life in crisis and clean up floating plastic trash. [More]

[Audio clip from The Graduate: One word, plastics.]

Pollution is cheap, for the polluter. Releasing sulfurous fumes into the air or dumping radioactive water into the ocean is ostensibly the easiest and cheapest way to deal with unwanted byproducts.

Sure, there's  Mickey Mouse's touch onboard. But the best attributes of the new Disney Dream cruise ship aren't quite so over-the-top.