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Mar 8, 2012 07:03 PM ET // Alice Truong
At MIT, not only do students get a world-class education, but they can also get pirate certified. For the past 20 years, students who have completed classes in pistol, archery, sailing and fencing are considered pirates. MIT decided to make it official. Last fall, the inaugural certificate program ...
Jan 10, 2012 11:00 AM ET // Alice Truong
Searching for God? This might not get you any closer, but in Sweden, a pro-file-sharing group has been recognized as an official religion. Introducing the Mission Church of Kopimism, which is deep rooted in the belief you can copy any information in any form, Forbes reports. If you think that's biz...
Jul 6, 2011 04:20 PM ET // John D. Cox
Somali piracy is taking a toll on climate research, especially studies related to the Indian Ocean monsoon.
Feb 22, 2011 06:27 PM ET // Benjamin Radford
An American missionary couple taken hostage by pirates raises difficult questions about ransoms.
May 19, 2011 06:58 PM ET // Kieran Mulvaney
Sea Shepherd heads to Libya to search for illegal tuna fishers.
Jul 25, 2012 08:09 PM ET // Eric Rogell
In September of 2010, a team of US archaeologists lead by Frederick "Fritz" Hanselmann, Chief Underwater Archaeologist and Research Faculty with the River Systems Institute and the Center for Archaeological Studies at Texas State University, found six iron cannons off the coast of Panama belonging ...