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Inside Falkor (too), the ship searching for life at hydrothermal vents

By David Thomas

Falkor (too), a research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in Palo Alto, California, sets sail on 3 March on a 40-day mission to uncover unknown hydrothermal vents and life forms along the mid-Atlantic ridge.

Using state-of-the-art laboratories, the researchers hope to capture images of undiscovered life at the depths of the ocean.

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