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Nereus, the robotic submarine developed at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, has reached the depths of the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean on May 31, becoming only the third craft to reach the abyss in history. Resurrected to swim down to a..
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Rihanna is back _ on the red carpet, at least.
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