Researchers surf this molecular ocean using ultrafast chemical screeners that can test a compound on millions of cells per day.

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It's hard to pinpoint the moment exactly, amid the echoing cheers and crashing surf at the Ocean Course here, but while an aging Woods was battling demons and salvaging pars three groups ahead, the youthful McIlroy was posting birdies, banging drives 60 yards past his peers and conjuring short-game magic the way Woods used to do.

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Furthermore, because both female turtles and their hatchlings navigate their way to the ocean using the bright moonlight reflecting off the breaking surf, artificial lights could disorientate them and send them towards danger.

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Liquid Robotics, the Silicon Valley startup that makes the surfboard-sized robot called a Wave Glider, announced Wednesday that Papa Mau arrived off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 20 after surviving storms, sharks and 25-foot surf while its solar-powered sensor arrays collected terabytes of data on ocean and atmospheric conditions during the year-long journey.

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As I paddle out into the surf on a crystal clear California morning, brown pelicans swoop low over the ocean, and a flock of seagulls of Hitchcockian proportions soar above a deserted beach where a harbor seal lolls in the sunshine.

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