<story><title>Deepest fish ever caught on camera off Japan</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65148876</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>terlisimo</author><text>DSSV Pressure Drop sounded like a Culture ship name to me so I looked that up. It&amp;#x27;s not, but the name of the DDSV, &amp;quot;Limiting Factor&amp;quot;, is. Apparently they also named their utility boats after Culture ships.&lt;p&gt;To those who don&amp;#x27;t know: &amp;quot;The Culture&amp;quot; is a... society(?) of godlike AI ships&amp;#x2F;minds from the series of SF books by Ian M. Banks.&lt;p&gt;SpaceX named their landing barges after Culture ships too, the &amp;quot;Of Course I Still Love You&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Just Read The Instructions&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;A Shortfall of Gravitas&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;theculture.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_spacecraft&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;theculture.fandom.com&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_spacecraft&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Deepest fish ever caught on camera off Japan</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65148876</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mytailorisrich</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve found a 2014 article by the BBC that explains why fish are not expected to survive beyond about 8,000-8,500m:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;science-environment-26423203&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;science-environment-26423203&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>