An examination of the unique eyes of skate (ray fish) led to advances in combating blindness, the horseshoe crab was crucial in developing a test for bacterial contamination, and sea urchins helped in the development of test-tube fertilization.

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"It's a very special feeling anytime you make a hundred but it's been a tough couple of weeks and the support I've had from my family, friends, team-mates... and Lara as well has been tremendous, " said Clarke, who had dominated headlines on both sides of the Tasman Sea before the first Test.

BBC: Michael Clarke ton puts Australia on top in Wellington

The enormous Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea could be an early test of international sentiment.

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Law of the Sea Treaty, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and others.

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Nicknamed the Little Red Schoolhouse and perched on dry land in the French Quarter, comfortably above sea level, the school now brims with energy, ambition and rising test scores among its 420 students, more than 90% of them from low-income African-American families.

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There's an application that we call 'Sea of Cubes' that fills the room you're in with cubes just to basically test a bunch of different tracking methods and displays.

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Edrich remained to secure his 13th Test fifty, and Compton hit the famous pull shot for the winning runs, signalling a sea of celebration rarely seen on a cricket field before or since.

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And if dead and decomposing bodies aren't your thing you can test your knowledge of the rules of taxonomic nomenclature by suggesting new names for five species of deep-sea worm, recently discovered around hydrothermal vents off Antarctica.

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