The curious minds at What If imagine the Mariana Trench filled with human garbage, exploring the ecological disaster, underwater chaos, and unseen consequences.

Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth at nearly 11,000 meters depth. This was no accident. The discovery ...

Abstract: Autonomous exploration is a critical foundation for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) applications such as search and rescue. However, existing methods typically focus only on known spaces or ...