Follow these directions to make a working scale model of Scripps's Floating Instrument Platform and a regular surface boat so you can compare how they behave at sea. 1. Estimate the lengthwise center ...

SAN DIEGO — One of the most innovative research platforms used by Scripps Institution of Oceanography officially retired earlier this month after more than six decades in service, the research center ...

When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, not only would he ...

An iconic ship that appears to capsize has been saved from the scrapyard - by a Bristol-based firm. The FLIP (Floating Instrument Platform) was a pioneering research vessel operated for more than ...

Tugboats on Aug. 3 towing UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography research platform FLIP to a facility to be dismantled. Photo credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The sun has set on “an ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

STORY: This unique 'flipping' ship has been saved from the scrap heap, giving it a second life to continue its marine research. The ship called Flip is capable of rotating from horizontal to vertical.

I don't spend much time thinking about boats or marine research these days, as I gave up on the marine biologist dream when I was 9 years old and found out the plesiosaur was extinct. But when I run ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

LA JOLLALA JOLLA — When Bruce Appelgate was in fourth grade, he read a book featuring world explorers. Among them was the FLoating Instrument Platform, or FLIP. Little did Appelgate know that one day, ...