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Janine Young from New Scientist says that rusting ships on the seabed will soon be gushing millions of tonnes of oil into the oceans, potentially making the Deepwater Horizon accident look small. Also research suggests that our internal monologues could have a significant influence on how we perceive the world and how we categorise and remember objects.

Wildlife experts are preparing to collect tens of thousands of endangered sea turtle eggs and move them hundreds of miles away in an unprecedented bid to protect them from the BP Plc oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Also Jeff says scientists were unsure why male Mexican mollies wear an extravagant moustache-like structure on their top lip, but now they’ve worked out why and wine-makers are set to release a corking new vintage they’ve just unearthed from the bottom of the sea. Check out more stories at UnderWaterTimes.com.