Yet Brazil's Havaianas brand took the humble flip-flop to new heights ... colour of your favourite football team, ones with huge platform wedges. The colourful rubber shoes have become synonymous ...

FLIP, the FLoating Instrument Platform, was not a ship, but a 355-foot-long research platform that can be deployed for oceanographic research. Designed by scientists at Scripps's Marine Physical ...

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