| 单词 | harpoon |
| 例句 | Then, as quickly as he could, he tied the end of the nylon cord around the bolt of the harpoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Sookie had released the harpoon into the water like an arrow that sailed far beyond the outermost circle of a target. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Come up easy and let me put the harpoon into you. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t seem to notice the seven-foot harpoon sticking out through her chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Looks pretty close, so I heave the harpoon and pray for a strike. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The harpoon sank into her just behind her head. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z You just stole a harpoon from that nice old man! The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I get that the spotter plane sees the shark in the water and the fisherman tags the shark with a harpoon, but can you tell me how the tags work?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z From what I understood, mostly from the illustrations, Mom and the researchers wanted to take a harpoon fishing boat into a stretch of Cape Cod where fishermen had spotted white sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It’s not like I can ask to borrow the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Plus he’s an honored guest and I’m lucky he didn’t have me arrested for stealing the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Sayle gestured at a glass display case and Alex noticed three harpoon guns and a collection of knives resting in velvet slots. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z You can see farther than you can throw that big harpoon, that’s for sure. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I got a good little skiff and a pail of bait and a finest-kind harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He was holding up the grappling-hook weapon as if he were a seaman about to harpoon a whale. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z All the thinking I done about harpooning a big fish, I never thought about what happens after. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I know what I need to do about the harpoon, but it’s shameful, so I don’t want to think about it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The second mate had fought the idea like a harpooned whale, but he had had to learn, in self-defense. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Could I buy it with a lost harpoon and a broken knife and two bad hands? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She flopped and bucked and the harpoon swung wildly. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The kind of skinny, wicked long harpoon used for giant tuna, like my dad used to catch before he switched to TV and beer. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When my elbow stops throbbing I pull on the line and draw the harpoon back to the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a giant bluefin tuna like my dad used to harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Alex let go of the steering wheel, grabbed the harpoon gun, and fired. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Their stingers are coiled like harpoons, millions of invisible weapons just waiting. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Makes me wonder how I’ll ever get a harpoon into a thing that moves so fast. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Still, I do look around for the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Because they fought back when whalers harpooned them. Right in these very waters, actually. Back in the 1800s. Now, the other types of whales? Well, they’d die pretty conveniently once the harpooner stuck ’em. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Seems crazy, but the tuna weighs more than the skiff and me combined, and even with a harpoon barb buried in its back it has the strength to run. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I got the harpoon raised but I don’t dare move, not until it’s perfect, not until I’m ready to strike. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There was a crude outline of an adult male on the pulpit of a harpoon boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The pointed head of the harpoon buried itself in the underbelly of the plane. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Both kids held long wooden staffs with iron spear tips, like old-fashioned harpoons. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Until my arm is all knotted up and aching and I ain’t got the strength to lift the harpoon to my shoulder. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Hard to believe my dad once harpooned eight of these amazing critters in a single day. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Part of me wants to put the harpoon down and just watch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Now the bad time is coming and I do not even have the harpoon. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew it when I threw the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Trying to balance myself and the harpoon and keep my heart from pounding so hard, it makes my ears hot. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He prepared the harpoon and made the rope fast while he watched the shark come on. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Before my dad figures out that me and the skiff and the last harpoon are missing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m holding the harpoon high, checking for streaks under the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the shark had sensed it was being watched, stalked even, because right when Sookie aimed the harpoon at the fish, the shark shifted in a different direction. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z But he cleared the harpoon line and let it run slowly through his raw hands and, when he could see, he saw the fish was on his back with his silver belly up. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Over my shoulder, I spotted a third harpoon leaning several yards away from the catwalk, loaded with another acoustic tag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m munching a cookie and gandering around the shed when I notice this big old harpoon up on the shed wall, sort of hiding in the shadows. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I take the harpoon in my right hand while I’m still sitting down, facing the back of the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he took two turns of the harpoon line around the bitt in the bow and laid his head on his hands. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex used the handle of the harpoon gun, swinging it around and up to hit him, hard, under the chin. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “You think you could stop talking long enough to give me a hand here? Man the harpoon.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He took my harpoon too and all the rope, he thought, and now my fish bleeds again and there will be others. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A harpoon in the back and the Jeep would be his. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I groan and roll over and rub my knee where I bumped it and then I fetch the harpoon and pull it into the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When the line is coiled I stand up again, holding the harpoon shoulder high. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I touched the end of the harpoon, and it was sharper than the old kitchen knives we had back home in Queens—not that they were being used much. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Need a harpoon for that, no two ways about it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Turns out I found the fish all right, but it don’t matter because I’m not big enough or strong enough to hit one with the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z On each calm placid turn the fish made he was gaining line and he was sure that in two turns more he would have a chance to get the harpoon in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of fish do harpoon fisherman go after?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Sookie hung over the ocean, yards beyond the boat with the harpoon in hand, waiting for the white shark to swim underneath him, so he could tag the fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Takes me an hour or so to coil it just so in the tub, the way I seen my dad do when he was harpooning tuna. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I had taken a break after the part about the harpoon boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Then I remember the barb is attached to the keg line, so all I got to do is pull the line in and put the barb back on the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z One summer my dad harpooned eighteen tuna, twice as many as the next best man in Spinney Cove. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z First thing I do is grab the harpoon and stand up in the stern of the skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Technology may have changed over the centuries, but there was still nothing like a harpoon to slaughter the world’s largest mammal. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He hit it with his blood mushed hands driving a good harpoon with all his strength. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The deal is, Dad is going to show me how to make a new harpoon for Mr. Woodwell, to replace the one I lost. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “And the fisherman aims the harpoon at the shark and the shark is tagged?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And there’s Tyler on his father’s boat, loading the long harpoons aboard and acting wicked cool while his dad, Jack Croft, dumps buckets of ice in the ice hold, getting the boat ready. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “But do you think you could still aim a harpoon and hit something?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The pilot must have seen the destruction down on the runway, but he couldn’t have heard the harpoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Walrus tusks gleamed and drums, harpoons, and man’s knives decorated the walls. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The harpoon dart is tied to one end of a line and the keg to the other. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Haven’t figured out what to do for a harpoon yet, but I will, eventual. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I lift it off the pegs, expecting heavy, but the harpoon is light. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z With it she could, like her father, freeze leather and sinew into sleds, spears, and harpoons. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Fish in such a frenzy to feed, they don’t notice a man with a harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Robin walked slowly out to the pulpit with a second harpoon, stopping after the first couple of steps to get her balance and maybe find the nerve to keep going. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A harpoon boat has a long catwalk that hangs over the water, so a fisherman can get closer to the big fish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z You can see the head of our Phoenix office there holding the harpoon. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Retire? He young man. Too young to retire. Big Skiff, he the best harpoon. Always strike good fat fish! Tell him I say ‘hi,’ okay?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Hoping luck will put a fish on the end of the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “All right. So here you can see us harpooning the whale. Oh, Jesus—here we go! Feel that tug! It’s awesome. Totally awesome. Okay, this is what they call a ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride.’ Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the fish sort of hypnotizes you into not throwing the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t stop looking at us as he filed a notch into the harpoon tip with the side edge of a rusty wrench. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He held the sharp end of the harpoon in his lap. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The porpoise thrashed and swam away with the harpoon stuck in her. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z At dawn, when the sparkling black whale dove back into the sea, the whaleman released his harpoons. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He had his harpoon ready, but I didn’t see any fish except for those small silver ones. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On deck, Carlyle jabs at the squid with a mop handle sharpened into a harpoon, but the creature’s flesh is too thick for him to do much damage. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I used to own a harpoon boat. We used it for tuna and swordfish,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Why did you ask? I didn’t harpoon that shark, if that’s what you’re getting at. It got stuck in the net.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I spotted the harpoon a few hundreds yards away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Fog clears from my head a little and I’m thinking it was really stupid to keep throwing the harpoon even when the fish were out of range. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Without thinking I grabbed the harpoon in the middle like I was a javelin thrower. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Owen Chase gave Melville his climax: As Essex’s boats were harpooning female sperm whales, a huge male, around 85 feet, rushed and holed the 88-foot ship, twice. Melville’s Whale Was a Warning We Failed to Heed 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Once the whale is harpooned, a fountain of blood begins to color the water, spreading out like ink. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Historical footage of sailors harpooning whales is spliced with news clips of Vietnamese refugees onboard a sinking boat and staged shots of manacled Black men crammed into a ship’s hold. An Artist Who Brings Order to Chaos 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The meat has a strong taste of iron, but I can reduce that by taking out the harpoon. Digested read: Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine by Rene Redzepi 2010-11-22T21:00:00Z Scaggs shimmied and shook alongside him, channeling the moves of a young Tina Turner, using her tambourine like a harpoon to pierce the crowd. Fitz and the Tantrums throw down at the Showbox 2012-01-22T02:00:06Z They must be within 10 feet of the animal to throw a harpoon. Whale hunting in Alaska: Point Hope, the village caught between tradition and climate change 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z After the whale was harpooned, he switched places with the boat steerer to kill the whale with a lance. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z In the remote coastal villages of Russia’s Far East, where the nomadic Chukchi still hunt walrus with handcrafted ivory-headed harpoons, it is ritual to offer visitors freshly caught meat. Can Food Tours Stray From the Beaten Path Without Ruining the Experience? 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z She harpoons the masonic nature of much of English life in which self-perpetuating elites offer each other lifelong protection. Posh 2010-04-16T00:58:00Z Beyond that, I learn the smooth gray man is a hunter, and a hole in his right hand probably once held a tiny harpoon or spear. Burke's Artifact ID Day: mysteries solved 2012-01-04T22:24:08Z He is infuriated, maddened by the sort of commentator who wants to tell you what Ahab’s harpoon may or may not “symbolize.” ‘There Is Simply Too Much to Think About,’ Saul Bellow’s Nonfiction 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The figure is from a statue of the king standing in a boat throwing a harpoon. ArtsBeat: Stolen King Tut Statue Returned to Cairo Museum 2011-04-12T17:23:12Z Instead, he drags down Yaz's lectures and harpoons her performance in his evaluation. "Jeopardy!" fans, LeVar Burton still might not have a chance – or may not want one anymore 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z She also has actors descending from the utmost heights of Arena’s Kreeger Theater; an aerial ballet suggesting how whales get processed after they’ve been harpooned and brought on board is a stunner. Chicago-launched ‘Moby Dick’ splashes into Arena Stage 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Season 2 prominently featured harpooning, rendering and rivers of whale blood. Television: On the High Seas, a Mix of Danger and Bumbling High Jinks 2010-08-26T22:23:00Z A massive bull sperm whale slammed his body across the hull of the Essex, from whose deck men were trying to harpoon him and render his blubber into energy. My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The cull let up briefly when we replaced whale oil with petroleum, but ramped up well beyond its previous capacity with the invention of harpoon launchers and factory ships. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The whaleship, having come upon sperm whales thousands of miles from land, set about harpooning the pod. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Even the title seems to know it: It’s a local term for what happens when a whaler harpoons a whale. Review: A ‘Nantucket Sleigh Ride’ with Frozen Disney and Hot Lobster 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z He made it at a time when whale culling was at its height, powered by grenade harpoons and factory ships. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z There they are, the racks of meat on skewers as long as harpoons, inexorably turning. Churrasco That Rises Above at Paladar in East Harlem 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z If it weren’t for the man driving a harpoon into its mouth, I’d say this was a whale at play. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Panning a book like this may feel like harpooning a minnow, but I think treacly metaphysical fiction does us a cultural disservice. Review | Mitch Albom serves up another helping of superficial spirituality 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z But its straightforward portrayal of the everyday reality of 18th- and 19th-century whaling — the harpoons, the death lances, the bleeding and vomiting, the peeling of the blubber, the decapitation — is unavoidably horrific. Television Review: Ric Burns Looks at the History of American Whaling 2010-05-09T22:27:00Z “These are the places that set emotional harpoons in people,” he said over a meal of smoked soft-shell crab at Clancy’s, his favorite neighborhood restaurant in the Uptown neighborhood. The New Orleans Restaurant Bounce, After Katrina 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Out on the sea hunting a whale with a harpoon, or lost in our cyber world, human beings are still tackling the same issues. At Under the Radar, Theater That Jumps Right Off the Page 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z He launches himself and his harpoon upwards and forwards from the front of the tiny boat, arcs in the air, thrusting down with the spear as he splashes into the water. TV review: Human Planet 2011-01-14T08:00:02Z In the past, whales would drag a boat’s crew for hours after being harpooned, a tradition referred to as a “Nantucket sleigh ride.” My ancestors, the cannibals: Whaling, human sacrifice and the true story of “Moby-Dick” 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z This is the stuff that makes late night hosts and the writing staffs of those series, along with “Saturday Night Live,” sharpen their verbal harpoons. "After Neverland," R. Kelly's CBS meltdown, and the insidious patterns we refuse to see 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z She is, in Davies’s account, the white whale, always just out of reach and eluding the various harpoons he lobs at her. ‘Hack Attack,’ About a Rupert Murdoch Paper’s Trials, by Nick Davies 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Where every crass toilet-humour joke would be balanced with a harpoon to the heart of popular culture, celebrity and news. Is it time to retire the Family Guy? 2012-05-17T11:20:10Z Replicas of the harpoon in Melville’s study, sadly, aren’t for sale. 36 Hours in the Berkshires 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z A decade later, Burdett drowned in the Pacific Ocean after being dragged overboard by a harpoon line. A Scrimshaw Collector’s Treasured Carvings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Suddenly the movie springs into action as a decaying zombie bursts through the surf, only to be felled by Lazaro with a harpoon through the eye. Brainnnssss! Zombies storm Havana cinema festival 2011-12-09T18:31:04Z Once they’re close enough, they use a gaff, a modified jack knife fastened on to a long pole about the length of a harpoon to cut the rope off, line by line. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Huston even sourced original harpoons from the long-forgotten lofts of ship chandlers who’d worked in the Yorkshire whaling port of Hull. Thar she blows! Cinema's most spectacular whale hunts 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z This shot documentary follows Rohani — called Jago, or master — as he plunges as deep as 120 feet below the surface to hunt fish with a harpoon gun. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Rocky Horror’ and ‘Jago: A Life Underwater’ 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z These events are described in gruesome detail worthy of a horror movie, as is the slaughter of whales and seals — shot, harpooned, clubbed, gutted and cut into oozing, greasy pieces. Review: In ‘The North Water,’ a Journey to the Arctic Turns Cutthroat 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Bim Adewunmi "I need a case!" shouts Sherlock as he impatiently paces his flat a scant few hours after harpooning a pig in a previous assignment. TV highlights 19/07/2013 2013-07-19T06:00:06Z For centuries, with just row boats and harpoons, this was how humanity exerted its dominion over God’s abundant giant. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Everyone is anatomically accurate, and when people get shot, harpooned or beaten to a pulp, they bleed. Life of spy: the return of Archer 2013-07-12T13:00:00Z As I looked south toward the unfettered horizon from the top of the cliffs, it was not hard to imagine several Wabanaki in a large birch-bark canoe, searching for porpoise, harpoons at the ready. On a Maine Island, Steep Bluffs and Solitude 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z She would have been better served if she had been harpooned by a large animal tranquilizer before finishing. "Dancing with the Stars": Bristol Palin, monkey-style 2010-10-19T12:30:00Z But the beautiful mermaids turn ferocious, sprouting fangs and hissing like cobras; pirates harpoon dozens of them. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z Among missing items are a statue of Tutankhamun being carried by a goddess and another of him harpooning. Tutankhamun statues among priceless items stolen from Cairo museum 2011-02-13T16:59:28Z Good as he is in the drag numbers, he is at his best in a song which harpoons exactly Noël Coward's sour, anti-socialist acerbity. Privates on Parade – review 2012-12-10T23:00:01Z Instead of a harpoon, rescuers throw a grappling hook, tethered to a control line and buoy, into the tangle of rope on the whale. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z “Jaws” was harpooned by the Los Angeles Times on many levels. L.A. Times' original 1975 review of 'Jaws' unearthed: We hated it 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z It had two harpoons stuck in its back with thread-thin coils of lines tangled in the water. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z When it finally surfaced again, Thomas harpooned the fish a second time and they managed to get it secured to the side of the boat. Photos: Mammoth halibut caught in eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Everything about Bond movies – from Barbara Bach's cheekbones to the underwater harpoon battles – seems calibrated to appeal to the adolescent. My favourite Bond film: The Spy Who Loved Me 2012-09-28T10:21:34Z Tank tops that read “Salt Life Reel Escape” hang on a rack propped up by harpoon guns. Salt Life Is Coming to a Beach Near You 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Out on the open water, the supposed marine experts flounder: shaggy man of science Hooper bungles his strychnine-laced harpoon plan while pickled captain Quint ends up going down with his ship. The Revenant: what to do when animals attack 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z But to put this in perspective, if that was akin to harpooning a whale, unmasking Moonves is a frontal attack on a Mosasaurus, that giant sea beast in “Jurassic World.” CBS chief Les Moonves faces sexual misconduct accusations. Is it time to air out the place? 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s at once a biopic and an adventure yarn that, with harpoons and ploddingly good intentions, turns a story of survival into an ecological cautionary tale. Review: ‘In the Heart of the Sea,’ It’s Man vs. Leviathan 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Our critic Jennifer Senior called the book “many things: a Wall Street primer; a procedural drama; a modern version of ‘Moby-Dick,’ with wiretaps rather than harpoons.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Tim Cassedy, who grew up in the Washington area, harpooned the basic idea while teaching a course at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. ‘Dick’: An American literary classic as a ribald card game 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z His protagonists were likely to be impaled by love’s harpoon, or swept away by a romantic typhoon, or treated like a buffoon, or finding solace only when marooned. Remembering Gerry Goffin, the '60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z His: leathered and intimidating, as if he were staring down a predator he intends to harpoon. An Irving Penn Portrait for the Coldest Days of Winter 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z As it happens, to view Keillor as a dim, benevolent sweetie-pie – a manatee ripe for harpooning – is to be naive in any case: it is to mistake him for his persona. Garrison Keillor v August Kleinzahler 2011-04-10T21:29:05Z In the bad old days, some anglers even harpooned them. This 100-pound-plus fish lures saltwater fly anglers to the Florida Keys 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Finding the harpoon aimed at him, Rhoades responds as any self-respecting public official would. Billions: the show so smart it makes The West Wing look slow 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Fox News' prime time hosts have taken joy in helping to prolong it, and purely for the sake of harpooning a Democratic president's approval rating. Fox News: 25 years of making everyone's lives progressively crappier 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Much like harpooning a whale, rescuing one is a mad frenzy for life, all cold spray, hot blood, and adrenaline. How one man died so a whale might live 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z After two up-and-down attempts to get the halibut near the boat, Thomas got a harpoon into it that tore loose. Photos: Mammoth halibut caught in eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z And here,” he pointed to the bottom, “a man driving the harpoon into the whale’s mouth.” Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Martin Skegg "I need a case!" shouts Sherlock as he impatiently paces his flat a scant few hours after harpooning a pig in a previous assignment. TV highlights 12/07/2013 2013-07-12T06:00:04Z By exposing soiled humanity for what it is, he harpoons hypocrisy and promotes a kind of acceptance so capacious that few escape its filthy embrace. Review | John Waters wants to wrap you in his filthy embrace 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z “I had an old harpoon tip in my pocket. I grabbed it. And I stabbed the shark.” I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z A stone’s throw from a few lounging sea lions, rusting storage tanks, boilers and beached harpoon boats lay testament to Deception Island’s past as a Norwegian whaling station. Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z Reykjavík suspended commercial whaling in June after a government-commissioned report said that it took too long for whales to die after they were harpooned, sometimes hours, in breach of its law on animal welfare. Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z “There is simply no way to make harpooning whales at sea anything other than cruel and bloody, and no amount of modifications will change that,” said Ruud Tombrock, executive director of the group. Iceland says commercial whaling can resume after temporary ban 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z At night, poachers take unlicensed fishing boats into areas of Uganda’s national parks, harpoon one of the multi-ton animals, butcher it, and drag it away, he says. Hippos had found refuge in Uganda’s national parks. But that may be changing 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z From bone, the hunter-gatherer peoples designed harpoons useful for hunting large marine mammals like whales. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z It also says that bullfights should be adjusted immediately so that the animals aren’t killed in arenas or attacked with pikes and handheld harpoons called banderillas. Bullfighting ban faces critical legislative vote in Colombia 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z They will be also provided with detailed instructions of how to harpoon the animals to make sure that they die quickly. Iceland resumes fin whale hunting, but killing needs to be faster 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Some of his videos highlight antique traps, like a 19th-century wooden trap that is shaped like a rat and shoots harpoons from its eyes, or quicksand traps that suffocate rodents. Is There an Ethical Way to Kill Rats? Should We Even Ask? 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z “It’s like harpoons to their heart every time.” Teen Girls Report Record Levels of Sadness, C.D.C. Finds 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Maria Cucchiara, who lives in tiny, flooded Felton, went for a walk to count her blessings after “a huge branch harpooned” the roof of her small studio, she said. Boy swept away as California deluge forces mass evacuations 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Then, quick-footed assistants rush up to the bull to push sharp harpoons into the animal’s upper back. Bullfighting ban faces critical legislative vote in Colombia 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z In the ’60s and ’70s, they were rounded up with helicopters, seal bombs, harpoon guns and speed boats for aquariums around the world. Ken Balcomb, chronicler of the southern resident orcas, dies at 82 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z By law, he is supposed to be serving in the military, but he fled and tries to make a living catching fish with a harpoon. ‘Cuba Is Depopulating’: Largest Exodus Yet Threatens Country’s Future 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z The items being returned to the Oneidas also include glass beads, ceramic pottery, knives, harpoons and a stone pipe. University returning 1,500 artifacts to Oneida Indian Nation 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z This lie that was merely a convenience around the edges in 1964 is now a harpoon pointed right at our elections, what Thomas Paine called "the beating heart" of our republic. Republicans pointed a weapon at the heart of our democracy — in 1964. We're feeling it now 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z When whaling in North America hit its peak in the mid-1800s, hundreds of ships armed with gun-loaded harpoons set off on hunts in the South Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. How centuries-old whaling logs are filling gaps in our climate knowledge 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The researchers found that two mosquito species in their larval stage caught prey by shooting their heads away from their bodies like harpoons, mouths open, and reeling in their victims with a thin neck membrane. Watch How Harpoon-Headed Mosquito Larvae Kill Their Prey 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “The only time a whale gets harpooned is when he surfaces,” Mr. Gottesman said in an interview for this obituary at his firm’s Park Avenue office in 2013. David Gottesman, 96, Wall St. Power and Warren Buffett Partner, Dies 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z For more than a century, humans hunted whales with ships and harpoons and sold their blubber, baleen and meat for substantial profits. New books encourage deeper understanding of the ocean 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Hunters already could use bows, crossbows, harpoons, spears and pneumatic air-guns firing an arrow. Florida gator hunting starts with expanded time, weapons 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Around the same time, Norwegians invented the explosive harpoon, which killed whales more efficiently than hand-thrown versions, and the stern slipway, which allowed whale carcasses to be processed on board ships. The USSR once hunted endangered whales — while its scientists secretly tracked its toll 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Dr. Hancock concurred, noting that it was really the intricacy of the behavior that astounded him: the elegance of the insects’ movement, the cold precision of their steely harpoon jaws. Watch How Harpoon-Headed Mosquito Larvae Kill Their Prey 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Lifeguards were given shotguns and harpoons and long lines baited with dead lambs. U.S. shark mania began with this attack more than a century ago 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Some prehistoric penguins plied tropical waters off Peru, using spearlike bills to harpoon fish. How Penguins Beat the Heat and Went South 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Really, she needs to get away from Ante, a father so bitterly controlling that you may fantasize about seeing him on the receiving end of that harpoon, or at least a well-earned slap. Review: The superbly tense 'Murina' gives us a coming-of-age drama once more, with eeling 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Deplorably, the contributions of former and fugitive enslaved people were marginalized, despite direct advancements like inventor Lewis Temple improved harpoon design, for which he never received credit. How Culturally Significant Mammals Tell the Story of Social Ascension for Black Americans 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that Denmark would provide a harpoon launcher and missiles to Ukraine. Ukraine receives Harpoon missiles and howitzers, says defence minister 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z In particular, he said that Denmark has agreed to send a harpoon launcher and missiles to Ukraine to help Ukraine defend its coast. Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Picture lots of white subway tile, an upturned boat dangling from the ceiling, roomy sea foam-colored booths and an antique harpoon over the semi-visible kitchen. Review | 2022 Spring Dining Guide On Monday night, the fashion world will gather for the Met Gala, the annual ritual of celebrity opulence that our current social revolution has not yet harpooned. Models Have Been Exploited Forever. Can a Law Change Anything? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z “People who face down a harpoon for Greenpeace are brave.” 'The self-care is the writing': Women essayists destroy clichés at the Festival of Books 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Tierra del Fuego National Park is only about eight miles from Ushuaia, and one day, we hiked on its misty shore, past mossy middens where the early Yamana dumped shells, crude harpoons and other detritus. Going all in on adventure in Patagonia 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z These expanded tool kits included knives to kill and butcher game, and fish hooks and harpoons to catch fish. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Like having a harpoon pulled out of you via your back. Opinion | Accurate descriptions of labor, according to notes I took on my phone while giving birth 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Nations are struggling with ways to reduce space debris, with techniques such as using magnetic plates to capture satellites, or using harpoons and nets, at the test stage, said McDowell. Space junk spreads, creating risk of no-go zones for satellites 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Its capabilities include a "dragsail," allowing the platform to drop into the planet's atmosphere, and a harpoon and a net, designed to pierce and trap mock debris targets in LEO. Earth's space junk problem is getting worse 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z The only other commercial fleet targeting swordfish off the West Coast catches fish with harpoons but contributes a fraction of the landings produced by gill netting. Would you quit your job for $110,000? This California swordfisherman said no 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Some carried rifles on their shoulders and, in one case, a well-used harpoon. The World Wants Greenland’s Minerals, but Greenlanders Are Wary 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z This season also brings back some classic guns, including the automatic sniper rifle and harpoon gun. Fortnite season 8 is all about the cubes 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z A brief history of whaling is included, accompanied by upsetting images of whales being harpooned, captured, dragged onto ships, sliced and peeled. What to watch with your kids: ‘Black Widow,’ ‘The Loneliest Whale: the Search for 52’ and more 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z Near the turn of the 20th century, Maori sailors were recruited onto whaling expeditions for their harpooning expertise. The Maori Vision of Antarctica’s Future 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Scared villagers wield spears and harpoons, and one even throws his at the main characters. What to watch with your kids: ‘12 Mighty Orphans,’ ‘Luca’ and more 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z And speaking of seafood: The fishermen who trawl the surrounding waters always do so with harpoons at the ready, lest they encounter one of the fearsome sea monsters rumored to dwell just offshore. Review: ‘Luca’ is Pixar, Italian style — and one of the studio’s loveliest movies in years 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z There are reports of sperm whales that went on the offensive after being harpooned. Humpback Whale Nearly Eats a Lobsterman, Then Thinks Better of It 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z Consequently, “faith, family and education” is the core message of the Minnesota tour harpooning critical race theory. BIG TALK: Kendall Qualls battles critical race theory in barnstorming tour of Minnesota 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z They failed to harpoon that fish, but their obsession with a political vendetta allowed a real and fearsome enemy to gain a foothold in America. Democrats condemn world in pursuit of Great Orange Whale 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z “That just gives the whalers something to aim their harpoon at,” Dr. Whitehead said. Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z They survived exposure, the blazing sun and a failed motor by drinking rainwater and eating bream that they fished from the sea with harpoons. Coping Strategies of Ocean Castaways Hold Lessons for the COVID Pandemic 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z A second group of oomycetes in the genus Haptoglossa manufactures infective “harpoon cells.” How a Carnivorous Mushroom Poisons Its Prey 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z After that contact, the spike becomes free to twist, exposing its harpoon tips. 7 Virus Variants Found in U.S. Carrying the Same Mutation 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z Captain Ahab hurled his harpoon at the Great White Whale. The Don Quixote of Brooklyn, Tilting at Plastic Bags 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “The whales were very quickly learning from each other ways to avoid being harpooned,” Dr. Whitehead said. Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Its steam boats, with their grenade-tipped harpoons, decimated all the large whale populations - and at the peak of the carnage were removing 3,000 blues a year. Blue whales have 'rediscovered' South Georgia 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z When a nematode blunders into it, a line of weakness snaps, deploying a harpoon that injects enough of the Haptoglossa spore to seal the worm’s demise. How a Carnivorous Mushroom Poisons Its Prey 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z But now, after years of trying, the New York Times has successfully harpooned the white whale that journalists, prosecutors, activists and Democrats have been hunting for years: Donald Trump's tax returns. Forget "The Apprentice" — Trump's taxes show he was really "The Biggest Loser" 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z A pregnant female harpooned by a commercial fishing vessel in Taiwan in 1995 was found to be carrying more than 300 pups in different stages of development. The ocean’s largest mystery – why has no one seen a whale shark give birth? 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z These depictions, Dunning asserts, lead strangers to believe that if Inuit individuals don’t have harpoons and eat raw meat, they’re inauthentic. Food brands are phasing out racist mascots. Will sports teams follow? 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z A big Swede with a harpoon leads squatters against an oil-land grabber’s henchmen. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Mar. 22, 2020 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Yoo harpoons a piece early in this Najdorf Sicilian, but bringing his catch safely into the boat proves a major struggle. Christopher Yoo falls just short — this time — on road to grandmaster chess title 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z The territory's boats with their steam-powered harpoons were pivotal in reducing Antarctic blues to just a few hundred individuals. 'Astonishing' blue whale numbers at South Georgia 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Time after time, he has displayed all of his “Once” character’s cool, laid-back charisma, with none of the “did he or didn’t he deliberately harpoon his wife?” baggage. Brad Pitt's awards season charm offensive is in overdrive, and we are delighted 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z Many people may think of whaling as a 19th-century industry in which men threw harpoons at their quarry by hand. Iceland didn’t hunt any whales in 2019 — and public appetite for whale meat is fading 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The animals that head south for their summer breeding season are sometimes welcomed with arrows, harpoons, electric cattle prods, gunfire, bombs and fish laced with chemicals. Sea lions are cash cows in the Bay Area. Farther south, fishermen say, 'Shoot 'em' 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Several countries, and some private companies, are testing new ways to mitigate space debris, ranging from harpoons, giant magnets, and nets. Who is responsible for all the space junk? 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z The initial harpooning was done from a canoe. A U.S. tribe wants to resume whale hunting. Should it revive this tradition? 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z To avoid this problem, Draper is looking at a protein that P. falciparum uses to harpoon red blood cells, called RH5. Building a better malaria vaccine 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z When they drew near, one of them stood in the cedar canoe and thrust a harpoon into the spine of the 30-foot gray whale. Will Whale Hunting Return to the Pacific Northwest? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Captain Paul Watson traversed the seas in his trusty Sea Shepherd, dedicated his life to keeping poachers and whalers at bay, and put his own body between animals and harpoons. Review: ‘Watson’ delivers fierce message from eco-warrior and Sea Shepherd captain 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z As well as a medal, each player on the team that claims the championship receives a gold harpoon point, an honor granted by Greenland’s sports association. Soccer at the Edge of the World 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z When the whale was struck, more harpoons were thrown — all attached to floats — to keep the whale from diving. A U.S. tribe wants to resume whale hunting. Should it revive this tradition? 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z When suitors entered the home, he made sure to be cleaning one of his guns, and that his collection of shotguns and harpoons were clearly on display, Ms. Heller said. The Best Obituary Ever, and the Wacky Funeral That Followed 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Theron Parker was the hunter who harpooned the whale two decades ago. Will Whale Hunting Return to the Pacific Northwest? 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z At different times, Greenpeace activists darted through dangerous waters in small boats to prevent Japanese and Russian whalers from discharging their harpoons. Steve Sawyer, Greenpeace leader who escaped 1985 sabotage bombing, dies at 63 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z The farmhouse, built in 1783, has been restored, and it’s full of Melville bric-a-brac: Maria’s sideboard, Lizzie’s sewing stand, Herman’s harpoon. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In 1999, estimates suggest it took roughly eight minutes between the time the first harpoon hit the young whale until it died. A U.S. tribe wants to resume whale hunting. Should it revive this tradition? 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z That shoots a harpoon into the heart of the argument that the men should be paid more because they generate more money. 'It's just the start': how World Cup victory affects USA's fight for equal pay 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z The first official hunt brought two freshly harpooned minke whales to the island nation’s shore. Opinion | Japan’s resumption of commercial whaling could set a dangerous precedent 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Japanese whalers – with their harpoons concealed beneath tarpaulin – left the port cities of Kushiro and Shimonoseki on Monday for the first commercial whale hunt in more than three decades. Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years -- despite low demand 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z By the hearth, he kept a harpoon; he used it as a poker. Herman Melville at Home 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z On their decks were what appeared to be harpoon guns covered in tarpaulins. Japanese fleet prepares to resume commercial whaling 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Besides the question of stock sustainability, a key argument against the hunt is that harpooning whales leads to a slow and painful death. Japan to resume commercial whaling despite outcry 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Her manner was so exquisitely gentle you chuckled to think of that cyclist, harpooned by that charm. Judith Kerr was both sweetness and steel – and I'll miss her | Nancy Banks-Smith 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Among the MPs calling for a harder line is Clive Lewis, who described Labour as being “skewered on a harpoon of paralysis and indecision”. Use EU elections to combat rise of far right, Corbyn will urge voters 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z It took eight hours, but they were finally able to harpoon the giant and use a pulley to bring it onto the boat. 757-pound swordfish caught near Florida Keys 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The strike would be made by toggle harpoon, and the kill by a .50-caliber rifle, the better to kill the whale quickly. Feds propose allowing Makah tribe to hunt gray whales again 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z The ship whirred into action, the wings fluttering, a bronze harpoon swinging back and forth. How to restore a 40-year-old flying machine 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z Large whales in U.S. waters haven’t been commercially targeted with harpoons since the 1970s, but ships still pose a significant threat to the giants that swim beneath the ocean’s surface. Whales are facing a big, deadly threat along West Coast: Massive ships 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The harpoon — no bigger than a writing pen — pierced an aluminum panel the size of a table tennis racket attached to the end of a satellite boom. Space junk harpooned like whale in orbit-cleanup test 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In a new video taken from the spacecraft, the satellite shoots its onboard harpoon to puncture a target panel that’s about five feet away. Watch a satellite spear space debris with a harpoon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The harpoon was the penultimate experiment before RemoveDebris deploys a big membrane to accelerate its fall to Earth. Space harpoon skewers 'orbital debris' 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The town of Albany was a whaling port until 1978, when ships carrying harpooned whales would attract hungry white sharks in their wake. Bitten by a great white shark: survivors on their near-death experience 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Now the region’s burgeoning growth and development ever since threaten the orcas in ways just as real as a harpoon. The orca and the orca catcher: How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z When he spots a whale or dolphin he instructs his crewmember at the stern to approach it closely enough for him to fire a harpoon into its flesh. Pollution is making whale meat toxic—but imprudent activism makes some double-down on eating whale 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Before this harpoon test, the spacecraft successfully deployed a net for grabbing debris. Watch a satellite spear space debris with a harpoon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z These include Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, from where the mission is being overseen; and Airbus, which developed the harpoon technology. Space harpoon skewers 'orbital debris' 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The harpoon carries a spiny hollow tube that injects venom after it strikes a victim. Jellyfish almost killed this scientist. Now, she wants to save others from their fatal venom 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Until the early 1960s, the state of Washington paid a bounty on every harbor-seal nose mailed to Olympia, and federal researchers routinely harpooned killer whales to cut them open to learn what they were eating. The orca and the orca catcher: How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “As Fred Hoyle said, words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out,” he says. Belgian priest recognized in Hubble law name change 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Aglietti says that the harpoon did not create any small, unexpected pieces of debris during the test; it just created a hole where it pierced the panel. Watch a satellite spear space debris with a harpoon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Test number three will see a harpoon fired at a target. UK satellite tracks 'space junk' 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Some proposals include vehicles with harpoons, nets, or lasers — all of which can help drag defunct satellites downward. As satellite constellations grow larger, NASA is worried about orbital debris 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z As one trade group representative wryly put it, “The spouting whale gets the harpoon.” Tariffs could harm NW fishing industry in markets on both sides of the Pacific 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z A harpoon will be tested in a similar manner next year. Tossed net captures space junk in orbit-cleanup experiment 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In the video, the targeted panel moves around quite a bit after it’s hit with the harpoon. Watch a satellite spear space debris with a harpoon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “We thought technologies like the harpoon or net are relatively low-cost,” Guglielmo Aglietti, director of the Surrey Space Centre and principal investigator of the RemoveDEBRIS project, told The Verge in April after the satellite launched. Satellite uses giant net to practice capturing space junk 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z An industry consortium built the project, with subsidiaries of the aerospace company Airbus providing the net and the harpoon. Stand back, Aquaman: Harpoon-throwing satellite takes aim at space junk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z The old way of whaling with a plain harpoon meant a slow and agonising death. Japan's push to resume whaling for profit 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Bluefin tuna are harvested on both sides of the Atlantic, using primarily harpoon and rod-and-reel in the west and seining nets and longline fishing in the east. A controversial comeback for a highly prized tuna 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z In the future, similar satellites may be able to drag themselves down to Earth with a harpooned piece of debris in tow. Watch a satellite spear space debris with a harpoon 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z “We thought technologies like the harpoon or net are relatively low cost.” Satellite uses giant net to practice capturing space junk 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z But if it works, the space net and harpoon could become common weapons for dealing with space junk. Stand back, Aquaman: Harpoon-throwing satellite takes aim at space junk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z There are no values or morals behind this brand of harpooning. How Marvel film director James Gunn was demonised by the alt-right | Seb Patrick 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z There’s an ancient Greco-Roman poem that tells the tale of brave fishermen who harpooned a sea monster. Ancient Romans Hunted ‘Sea Monsters.’ Were They Whales? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z The largest crocodile caught in a “trap” was more than 16 feet, and the largest one “harpooned” by rangers was also more than 16 feet, it states. Captured: A 1,300-pound crocodile that evaded rangers in Australia for years 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Quickly afterward, it will fire its harpoon and attempt to strike the target. Satellite uses giant net to practice capturing space junk 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z If they work, future missions might use similar nets or harpoons to ensnare dangerous space debris and drag it to a fiery end in Earth’s atmosphere. Stand back, Aquaman: Harpoon-throwing satellite takes aim at space junk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Like mature jellyfish and anemones, the larvae are covered in cells that contain toxin-filled harpoons, called nematocysts, that are ready to launch into the skin of a threat. What's Giving Florida Beachgoers Rashes? 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z I've left my experimental youth behind, I like what I like, and Team USA flaming out of qualifying really put a harpoon in the slick blubbery flesh of my rooting interest. Please help me, I'm an ugly American and I can't care about the stupid World Cup - Golf Digest 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z The people living here fish on the flats and along the reef using nets, hooks and line, harpoons, spearguns and traditional artisanal traps. Does Killing Sharks, Wolves and Other Top Predators Solve Our Conflicts with Them? 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z “One or two minke whales were sampled randomly from each primary sighted school using harpoons with a 30g penthrite grenade,” it said, referring to an explosive material. Japanese hunters kill 120 pregnant minke whales during summer months – report 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The third test, throwing the harpoon, could come in early February. Stand back, Aquaman: Harpoon-throwing satellite takes aim at space junk 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z With a needle-like harpoon, they shoot a paralyzing toxin into their prey faster than the eye can see. Fish With a Built-in Switchblade and Other Secret Animal Weapons 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Memes calling fat women “harpoon bait” are clearly bad. Funny memes often come from dark places — remember that before you make your own 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Its first episode shows a hunter supposedly harpooning a whale but the BBC "does not consider that the portrayal of his role is accurate". BBC withdraws Human Planet over breach 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z As the whale-hunters aimed their harpoons at the largest males, the species was genetically reduced in size. Underwater with Sri Lanka's sperm whales – in pictures 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Mayo, a ninth generation resident of Cape Cod whose ancestors harpooned whales in the 18th and 19th centuries, now leads expeditions to find the animals and try to learn how to save them. As whales fade, movement they spawned tries to keep up hope 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z There will also be a demonstration of a small harpoon. Mission to demonstrate space junk tech 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The cause of Osgood’s death was a harpoon in the head. This big 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Speaking about the whale harpooning scene, the corporation said it had been "alerted to a further editorial breach". BBC withdraws Human Planet over breach 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Using makeshift harpoons and rafts, a hunter spears a large whale. Dramatic Whale Hunts Depicted in Ancient Rock Art 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Now a mission led by the U.K.’s Surrey Space Centre and its partners aims to clean it up with a unique new method using a high-tech harpoon and net. Can a Harpoon and Net Solve the Space Junk Problem? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z These include Airbus, which supplied the harpoon technology, and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, which assembled the spacecraft. Mission to demonstrate space junk tech 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z He lost control so far as to approach me, at which point I shot him with the harpoon gun handily sitting nearby. This big 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z It will then fire a harpoon at the target. A new satellite will test ways to capture space debris 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z The first boats to harpoon the whale receive shares. The people of the whale 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The RemoveDebris spacecraft will attempt to snare a small satellite with a net and test whether a harpoon is an effective garbage grabber. Space junk mission prepares for launch 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z They fired cellular harpoon guns, called cnidoblasts, which launched toxic barbs into the plastic particle. Corals eat plastic because we’ve made it tasty, study suggests 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z At 23, the budding entrepreneur called Cover about the scientist’s patented electroshock dart gun, a device inspired by an electrified whale harpoon invented more than a century earlier. Special Report: The garage science behind the stun gun that changed policing 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z The notion was harpooned by Human Rights Watch and prominent European humanitarian groups. Can Africa thwart the next migration crisis? European leaders think so. 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z Suddenly a small motorboat revved its engine and charged at them, and a man on board launched a harpoon at one of the largest. A Whaling Way of Life Under Threat 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z During the age of industrial whaling, oil-fired ships with explosive harpoons cut through the blue-whale population as a knife through blubber. The coming sixth extinction 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z He warned his boys to keep a low profile and stay below the surface, because, as he put it, “It’s when the whale spouts that he gets harpooned.” In the Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Koch Brothers’ Campaign Becomes Overt 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z At 23, the budding entrepreneur called Cover about the scientist’s patented electroshock dart gun, a device inspired by an electrified whale harpoon invented more than a century earlier. Special Report: The garage science behind the stun gun that changed policing 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Interestingly, Dillehay did not find any fishing lines, nets, or harpoons. Traces of some of South America’s earliest people found under ancient dirt pyramid 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z As regards the water, you could wash overboard and drown, fall off a floe and drown, get dragged into the ocean by a kink in the hurtling line of a harpoon and drown. Literature’s Arctic Obsession 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z It seems that they look and function in similar ways because, as Dr. Gavelis put it, “There’s only so many ways to build a harpoon gun.” First Clear View of a One-Celled Harpooner in Action 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z In fact, 3D scans of dinoflagellate harpoons reveal a level of complexity that far outstrips that jellyfish and their relatives. Watch these microbes hunt their prey with microscopic ‘Gatling guns’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z She pictures him, a hairy man with a harpoon. “Herman Melville, Volume I” 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “My experience is the spouting whale that gets harpooned.” ‘Turkish Trump,’ a Hotel Plan and a Tangle of Foreign Ties 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z A third explanation is the Trump administration finds the whole matter silly and has no wish to encourage legal Captain Ahabs in unending attempts to harpoon Clinton. Opinion | Clinton’s unexpected new ally in the email investigation: President Trump 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Other proposals call for using robotic arms, nets, tethers and even harpoons to spear debris. Space’s Trash Collector? A Japanese Entrepreneur Wants the Job 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The junk collector is the latest in a series of ideas put forward to tackle the problem, including harpooning, sweeping, lassoing and dragging debris into the atmosphere for burning. Japan tests innovative magnetic tether for slowing space junk - BBC News 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z So there will be swimming, swinging, climbing, leaping and harpooning from tall, bent-steel pipes that form the ship and ribs of the great white wale. 15 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of Nov. 18-20 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Initially discovered after an 1828 harpooning off South Africa's coast, there were just 320 cumulative sightings over the next 160 years, before research began intensifying. Tracking the Sea's Gentle Giants At the start of the 20th century, Antarctic whaling was revolutionized by cannon-fired harpoons and diesel engines. The bones in the Smithsonian’s ‘whale warehouse’ are relics of a lost world 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z When I harpooned it, the dart pulled loose and the gator took off. Arkansas relishes first alligator hunt 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Witnesses said that hatchets and harpoons were used in the Sisco beach disturbance. France burkini: Corsica court upholds local ban - BBC News 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Starting last September, whaling crews in high-speed aluminum boats harpooned fifteen bowheads and towed them back to the sandy beach north of town. Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Philae’s two harpoons, which were supposed to anchor the lander, did not fire and Philae bounced across the surface of the comet. Lost Philae lander found as Rosetta mission draws to a close 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z The lander bounced upon impact when a thruster failed to fire, and two harpoons meant to anchor it to the surface did not deploy. No Longer Missing: Rosetta’s Philae Spacecraft Located on Comet 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z But those harpoons failed to fire and Philae bounced off the comet instead. The European Space Agency has found its missing Philae comet lander 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Until the 1980s, fishermen who fished for swordfish off the coast of California used harpoon guns to reel in their prey. California’s waters, a death trap: Uncovering the Golden State’s secret whale and dolphin massacre 2016-09-03T04:00:00Z But the more urbanized leaders saw a means of forcing their way into Alaska’s modern economy: one activist said that native corporations would be “the new harpoon.” Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Police are still trying to determine exactly what happened, but local media reported that a group of older North African men also arrived, some armed with hatchets and harpoons, The Telegraph reported. Sisco becomes 3rd French town to ban burkinis after dozens brawl on beach 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Witnesses say hatchets and harpoons were used in the Sisco beach brawl. France Corsica brawl: Mayor bans burkinis amid tensions - BBC News 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z When Philae descended to the comet’s surface on November 12th, 2014, it was supposed to deploy harpoons that would help it anchor to the comet. The European Space Agency has found its missing Philae comet lander 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z When the teenagers' parents arrived from the village, two of them were injured with harpoons. Corsica brawl: Four hurt in clashes on French beach - BBC News 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z When the lander first touched down in November, 2014, it was supposed to deploy harpoons to help anchor itself to the surface. Let's all say goodbye to the Philae comet lander, which we'll never hear from again 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Three cars were burned and four people injured, one of them with a harpoon, in the unrest that lasted several hours. Sisco becomes 3rd French town to ban burkinis after dozens brawl on beach 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Soon about 40 men from Sisco arrived to defend the youths, witnesses said, and one of the men was slashed with a harpoon blade. France Corsica brawl: Mayor bans burkinis amid tensions - BBC News 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Whale populations were decimated by industrial-scale slaughter fueled by the use of exploding harpoons in the 20th century. The Great New York Whale Census 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Some of those involved were armed with hatchets and harpoons, a witness said. Corsica brawl: Four hurt in clashes on French beach - BBC News 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z During its descent, the lander failed to deploy its two harpoons, which were needed to help anchor Philae to the comet. Rosetta will crash land into its comet on September 30th, bringing its mission to an end 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Low-risk prostate cancers barely register, he says, adding, “When patients find out they have a choice between 12 harpoon sticks to the prostate through the rectum or an MRI, they are on board big time.” A Better Prostate-Cancer Test? 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In grisly juxtaposition, instruments of death such as the harpoon and other whaling tools were displayed next to the whale. When dead whales went on tour - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Staying outside the EU has also let Norway keep harpooning whales, despite strong opposition by the EU. Norway satisfies EU smoked salmon appetite through Polish back-door 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z In the 19th century, armed with just hand-held harpoons and sailing ships, hunters killed almost every New Zealand southern right whale, leaving just 15 to 20 mature females and about 100 whales in total. Southern right whale recovery in doubt after being on brink of extinction 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z They killed the snakes by a quick stab with an Ikigun, a handheld harpoon that administers a powerful spike. Hiiiiissssss! Why Florida needs your help to hunt pythons down 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z “After a while, the only ones that stand out are the instances where it’s really crazy, like a railroad spike used as a harpoon, or something.” The Wreck of Amtrak 188 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z Those harpoons failed to fire, and Philae ended up bouncing on the surface of the comet a few times. Our final chance to get information from the Philae comet lander probably failed 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Ishmael’s friend Queequeg, a cannibal from the South Sea islands, got a 90th lay because he had experience with a harpoon. Fin-tech 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z We see men hurl harpoons at a whale, blood pour from its wound and the animal eventually float to the surface, dead. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Force Awakens’ and more 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In frightening action sequences that believably pit man against nature, Howard shows the Essex crew on the hunt, harpooning whales from small boats, dragged along the choppy sea until the animal is exhausted. Forget Chris Hemsworth — the whale is the true star of 'In the Heart of the Sea' 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Expect large set pieces where men battle the waves and the whale—think Thor-like Hemsworth throwing a harpoon—as well as a saga of their suffering on sea. The True History of Cannibalism Behind 'In the Heart of the Sea' 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z We see men hurl harpoons at a whale, blood pour from its wound, and the animal eventually float to the surface, dead. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps the single most important technological innovation used by New Bedford’s whaling fleet was the “Temple Toggle”, a harpoon tip devised by Lewis Temple, a former slave from Virginia. Fin-tech 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Tics hitch aboard with face harpoons while various leeches lock down with sets of saw-like jaws. The Verge Review of Animals: the dog 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z In one crucial scene that builds up to Moby attacking the ship, the whalers are shown harpooning a mother and calf. Forget Chris Hemsworth — the whale is the true star of 'In the Heart of the Sea' 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z “I always followed the mama whale’s advice to the baby whale: Son, the time you get harpooned is when you come up to spout off,” Mr. Koch said. A Frustrated Koch Brother Decides It’s Time to ‘Spout Off’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z No minnow in the quarter-finals, but there is of course the matter of the harpooned whale. As the pool stages end, our writers rate the Rugby World Cup so far 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z A man and a woman are harpooned to a giant headboard in a sexual position. 'American Horror Story' recap: Lady Gaga makes a great turban-wearing immortal 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z More hooks were cast, or a harpoon was jabbed into its side, which usually sent it underwater again, but not for so long. ’Bama vs. Gators 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Hebert is featured on the show driving the boat and fishing, including harpooning a tuna. Fisherman on TV’s ‘Wicked Tuna’ pleads not guilty to fraud 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z But I was too thick to realize I was being harpooned already and spouting off would maybe lessen the harpoons, or at least it wouldn’t make ’em any worse.” A Frustrated Koch Brother Decides It’s Time to ‘Spout Off’ 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z A whale hunter jabs away with a harpoon while on the back of his target. EXCHANGE: Man shares whirligig story after years of secrecy 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Even if you are unlikely to harpoon a white whale in the Hudson, New York City is rife with places to drop a line. New York Today: Call Us Ishmael 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z A harpoon had caught it in the snout. ’Bama vs. Gators 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But a downward-pushing thruster failed to fire and two harpoons meant to secure the lander to the surface also did not deploy. Rosetta’s Philae Lander Discovers a Comet’s Organic Molecules 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The harpoons and retrorockets meant to hold it there did not work, but the lander did not fly off into space. Philae’s scientific harvest may be its last 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z To pursue the championships is to “harpoon the whale,” Skelton said. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Over those 2 years, the Japanese whaling fleets in the North Pacific reported harpooning 1568 females. Japan falsified whale hunting data in 1960s, according to study 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z As the lander descended, the harpoons meant to anchor the craft to the comet malfunctioned. The Rosetta spacecraft’s extended mission may end with a spectacular crash 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Authorities said a fellow fisherman diving with Rios hit the shark with his harpoon. World Digest: June 19, 2015 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z But harpoons to anchor Philae to the surface failed to deploy and it bounced twice before floating to rest two hours later. European space probe, thought lost, awakes in comet's shadows 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z After hitting its target, its harpoons failed and the probe bounced twice before landing in a tilted position in a shady area, and beneath a rugged-looking cliff. Rosetta orbiter spies possible lander site 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z The first boat to harpoon the whale gets the best portion of the animal. Hunting whales with rowing boats and spears - BBC News 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z When other adaptations arose—such as a harpoon to hold a fish in place—it allowed cone snails to start hunting their new prey. How sea snails learned to gobble fish 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z “Then the car comes and hits it like this, and then bangs over this way, and then the car come up, shoots the harpoon…” From demons to Diesel: a conversation with Furious 7 director James Wan 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z But its harpoon system, meant to anchor the lander to the ground, failed to deploy, leaving Philae to bounce three times before eventually landing in the shadow of a rock formation. Rosetta Gets No Response From Philae Lander 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z He whisks past signs from long-ago-imploded Vegas landmarks, harpoons, an iron lung, a Bathysphere, human skulls wearing caps. His home museum of oddities is weird even for Vegas 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z If the lama fa is successful, the boat will be connected to the whale by a rope at the end of the harpoon. Hunting whales with rowing boats and spears - BBC News 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Philae disappears from view just hours before the lander's harpoons failed to fire, which sent it skipping across the comet's surface. You can now watch Philae's historic descent to comet 67P in GIF form 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Unlike the feeding tactics of some cone snails that hunt using speedy venom-tipped “harpoons,” the mouth-netting strategy is a rather slow process. Insulin-infused venom helps cone snails net prey 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Despite failing to fire its harpoons, and bouncing twice before coming to rest in a shadowy canyon, Philae instantly began sending messages home to Earth. Mars and comets: a brief summary of this week's sweetest space news 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z The high-resolution images taken from Philae’s mother ship Rosetta show the lander descending toward the comet, then bouncing off when the thrusters and harpoons meant to anchor it to the surface failed. Scientists ‘confident’ comet lander will wake up 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Whales can take hours to tire, even after being hit with multiple harpoons. Hunting whales with rowing boats and spears - BBC News 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z The problems multiplied at touchdown: Not only did the reverse thrusters not thrust, but two harpoons meant to fasten the probe also failed to fire, leaving Philae to bounce across the comet into rugged terrain. Doomed comet lander delivered harvest of science 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z But then another mechanism, the harpoons that were intended to securely attach the lander, also failed to fire on touchdown. Philae’s 64 hours of comet science yield rich data 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The comet’s surface was harder than scientists originally thought, which is partly why its harpooning landing system failed. Adventures of European comet lander may not be over 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z The systems designed to tack the lander to the comet failed - including the vital harpoons. Paul Rincon: Where next for Philae mission? 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z This is Lamalera, a village of 2,000 people and one of the last communities to hunt sperm whales in the traditional way, with harpoons and ropes. Hunting whales with rowing boats and spears - BBC News 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z Scopely, a mobile-game publishing company, rewards a new hire—or anyone who can deliver one—with eleven thousand dollars wrapped in bacon, an oil portrait of himself, and a harpoon gun. The Programmer’s Price 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Philae’s future was uncertain, and intriguing: As the hours went by, it became apparent that Philae’s harpoons, meant to anchor it into the comet, hadn’t deployed. Why we all fell in love with Rosetta’s Philae lander Philae's harpoons failed to fire in yesterday's landing, leaving it unsecured to the surface. Philae lander shrouded in darkness for most of the day after bouncy comet landing 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The first-ever landing of a probe on a comet encountered some unexpected turbulence Wednesday when the probe’s harpoons failed to fire in order to anchor it to the surface. A Comet Up Close: News and Images From the Philae Probe But part of the point of the thrusters was to prevent any rebound that might occur because of the harpoons. Live blog: Rosetta comet landing, day 2 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Two harpoons that were to secure Philae to the surface never fired. Comet Landing Bumpier Than First Thought 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Gerhard Schwehm, a scientist on the Rosetta mission, told The Associated Press on Thursday that it may still be possible to fire the harpoons but in any case the lander is "very healthy." Space agency releases 1st picture from comet 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Previous data from Philae indicated it landed at least three times on the comet, after harpoons failed to attach it to the surface on the first attempt. Comet probe Philae now stable 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z A few minutes later, Rosetta scientists announced that Philae hadn’t deployed the harpoons that would anchor it to the comet’s surface. Rosetta mission lands its probe on a comet and makes history Flashing a smile, the fisherman, standing 5 feet 7 and weighing 160 pounds, added, “Every pirarucu I’ve harpooned this season is bigger than I am.” Fishermen in Brazil Save a River Goliath, and Their Livelihoods 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z But the initial enthusiasm was soon tempered by the realization that two harpoons designed to tether Philae to 67P failed to deploy. European spacecraft lands on comet, with a bounce 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Data from the Philae craft indicates it landed at least three times on the comet, after harpoons failed to attach it to the surface on the first attempt. Scientists wait for comet probe news 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Early data from the lander showed that it had failed to fire a pair of harpoons that would anchor it to the comet. Comet Politics 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Team members told the news media that they would consider firing the harpoons again and would update when they knew more. Rosetta mission lands its probe on a comet and makes history That was fixed with a reboot, but Philae scientists also confirmed that the lander's thrusters, intended to pin Philae to the comet's surface while the harpoons fired, were not working. Rosetta probe makes history by landing on comet 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Ulamec also learned that gas thrusters—meant to pin the lander to the surface while its harpoons fired—hadn’t pressurized correctly. Rosetta mission's lander settles on a comet and makes history 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z More analysis of @Philae2014 telemetry indicates harpoons did not fire as 1st thought. Rosetta Mission Probe May Have Rebounded Off Comet The refrigerator-sized lander will attach itself to the comet using specialized harpoons that are fired into the surface of the comet, which is the size of a large city. A Robot Just Landed On A Comet 300 Million Miles Away 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Without the thruster, the washing machine-size Philae would have to rely on ice screws on its landing legs and a couple of harpoons to keep it attached to the comet. European Space Agency’s Spacecraft Lands on Comet’s Surface 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z In order to help itself land, Philae will shoot harpoons into the comet as an anchor. Humanity may be about to land on a comet 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z A problem with the thruster that was due to help stop the lander from bouncing back off the comet's surface means it may rely solely on its harpoons to anchor it to the surface. Moment of truth in Europe's 10-year mission to explore a comet 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Shortly afterwards, the mission’s leaders told reporters that the probe’s harpoons had failed to deploy and it was at risk of drifting back into space, Reuters reported. Rosetta Mission Probe May Have Rebounded Off Comet If all goes according to plan, the Philae lander will touch down on a site called Agilkia, harpoon itself into the comet’s surface, and send a confirmation signal back to earth. ESA scientists prepare to land Philae spacecraft on Comet67P: ‘This is science fiction made real’ 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Once it makes contact with the comet’s surface, a thruster on its top will ignite for one minute to keep it from bouncing away, while two harpoons will anchor it to the ground. The Ten-Year Journey to Land on a Comet 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z To keep the lander from bouncing, thrusters will fire for 15 seconds, pressing it against the surface, and a harpoon will shoot into the comet to anchor Philae. Philae Lander Nears a Cosmic Touchdown 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z When the lander hits the surface - at walking pace - footscrews will drill into the surface and harpoons will be used as anchors. Rosetta mission: Can you land on a comet? 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z I’m on the surface but my harpoons did not fire. Rosetta Mission Probe May Have Rebounded Off Comet There are teddy-bear bomb cannons and harpoon guns and myriad other guns. 'Sunset Overdrive' Review Part One: Welcome To The Awesomepocalypse 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Even the harpoons have a research purpose, using sensors to detect the resistance of the ground they penetrate. The Ten-Year Journey to Land on a Comet 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z As well as whalers' harpoons, whales must navigate the dangers of ship strikes, entanglements in shipping nets and other ocean apparatus, disorientating man-made ocean noises, habitat destruction, resource exploitation, climate change and pollution. Japan leads opposition to establishing marine sanctuary for whales 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z But firing harpoons into intelligent, social marine mammals in the wild from a moving vessel is not the same as raising bison on rangeland and slaughtering them in controlled conditions. Should Fin Whales Be a Source of Wonder or Meat? 2014-09-13T04:00:00Z Their size means they are highly sought after and are landed by fishermen using harpoons and gillnets. Giant Amazon fish 'locally extinct' 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The box of electronics on legs will latch on to the comet with the aid of an explosive harpoon. Rosetta spacecraft makes historic rendezvous with rubber-duck comet 67P/CG 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z In November, a small 220-pound lander is to leave the spacecraft, set down on the comet and harpoon itself to the surface. European Spacecraft Pulls Alongside Comet 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z If all goes as planned, the Rosetta will drop the Philae lander with the help of an explosive harpoon later in November. Watch the Rosetta spacecraft attempt to rendezvous with a comet 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Then the carbon-fibre lander, about the size of fridge, will be dropped to the rocky surface from about 1km and use harpoons to attach itself. Rosetta - the story so far 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z Philae is equipped with shock absorbing legs and grappling harpoons to keep it from bouncing off the comet in its low gravity, which is about 2-millionths of Earth’s. Rosetta Probe To Contact The 'Rubber Duck' Comet 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z In November, Philae is to leave the spacecraft, set down on the comet and harpoon itself to the surface. Rosetta Spacecraft Set for Unprecedented Close Study of a Comet 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The best defense is a good offense—specifically, a harpoon gun. 5 Things Deadlier Than a Sharknado—And How to Survive Them 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Even the Japanese whale killers fire their grenade-tipped harpoons in the name of environmental science. 'I am a conservationist' – is Abbott the only person who believes that? 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Pick your way through the buildings now and you find yourself in a forgotten world - mounds of harpoon heads lying rusted together, whale ribs and scapulae everywhere, abandoned tractors and rusted lathes. The lost whaling station at the end of the world 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z “One of my friends once said, the whale is never harpooned until it spouts.” The $13 Billion Mystery Angels 2014-05-08T09:50:47Z But some part of him remains forever Ahab, watching as his prey keeps rearing and diving just beyond the reach of his harpoon. Gotham: Quashed Case Against Christie Ally Was Foretaste of Scandal 2014-05-06T01:46:53Z The wound that is visible on the calf's side was reportedly caused by an explosive-packed harpoon. Hunt for Whales by Japan Must Stop, Court Rules 2014-03-31T15:59:00Z But the little lander will try to hang on for as long as possible with the aid of ice screws and harpoons. A science news preview of 2014 2014-01-01T00:44:50Z Pedro González, 57, who works at the hatchery, recalled how his father used to hunt crocodiles at night from a canoe, using a harpoon, the traditional method here. Mantecal Journal: Venezuela’s Fitful Effort to Save a Scaly Predator 2013-12-26T00:20:34Z To hamper the Japanese, campaigners use tactics such as sailing small boats in between harpoons and the whales they are targeting. Australian plane to monitor whaling 2013-12-22T13:16:33Z "I have no doubt that an individual would remember being harpooned and might respond aggressively if it thought that it was threatened," he said. The real Moby Dick: Do whales really attack humans? 2013-12-20T01:14:23Z It was a harpoon, half buried in the sand, and I'd trodden right on it. The making of a Tour de France champion 2013-11-19T07:22:55Z Video taken by NGO Mundo Azul broadcast on Thursday shows Peruvian fisherman harpooning dolphins, whose capture is banned under Peruvian law, before skinning and throwing their bloodied parts back into the ocean to lure sharks. Peru Eyes Restricting Shark Fishing to Stop Dolphin Slaughter 2013-10-20T05:15:03.547Z For two hundred years, through the high times of whaling, mothers, fathers, and calves were harpooned and slaughtered. How Harmful for Whales Is Shipping? [Excerpt] 2013-08-09T14:15:01.067Z His weapon of choice was not a rod and reel but a harpoon attached to a series of floating barrels to wear the fish down. Rethinking Tournaments Where Sharks Always Lose 2013-07-23T03:12:34Z Legend has it that it killed 30 men and was covered in scars and punctured with spears from previous attempts to harpoon it; before eventually being slaughtered in 1838. The real Moby Dick: Do whales really attack humans? 2013-12-20T01:14:23Z I sat there and tried to get the harpoon out, but it was wedged so deep. The making of a Tour de France champion 2013-11-19T07:22:55Z The minke is motionless maybe 30 yards away, the rope attached to the harpoon trailing in the water. Norway's proud whale hunters 2013-07-14T23:06:30Z Obviously animals are not the only living organisms to produce toxins: there is no need to be equipped with fangs, stings or harpoons. The therapeutic virtues of venom 2013-06-21T13:50:25Z In order to demolish The Jaw, you needed to acquire a harpoon called The Talon, currently in the possession of a gang-leader called Top Dog. Mad Max the video game - preview 2013-06-21T10:15:53Z The sensors that bring you those amazing pictures of the Sun, the rocket motors steering spacecraft, the harpoons that may help clear up space junk - many are designed and built in Britain. Ground control to 'Major Tim' 2013-05-20T11:48:34Z With no hospital for miles he struggled to a tiny local clinic, housed in a tin hut harpoon still sticking out of his foot. The making of a Tour de France champion 2013-11-19T07:22:55Z Three minutes had passed since the whale had been harpooned. Norway's proud whale hunters 2013-07-14T23:06:30Z "I tried to get my kayak in position, and threw the harpoon toward the halibut and missed," said Hole. Kayaker hooks and lands a huge halibut 2013-05-19T01:31:04Z The harpoon, which her husband used for underwater fishing, entered through her mouth and was lodged against her spine. Woman survives harpoon shooting 2013-05-09T14:30:49Z And the Darmstadt meeting was presented with an array of concepts that included the use of nets, harpoons, tentacles, ion thrusters and lasers. 'Urgent need' to remove space debris 2013-04-25T16:44:28Z Researchers are looking at several different methods for removing space debris from orbit, Klinkrad said, ranging from the use of propulsion packages, conductive tethers or lasers, to nets and harpoons. Space junk needs to be removed from Earth's orbit: ESA 2013-04-25T15:04:20Z Suddenly it lurched into view, revealing a deep gash in its back where the harpoon had passed right through. Norway's proud whale hunters 2013-07-14T23:06:30Z He got into position again, and this time the harpoon struck the fish. Kayaker hooks and lands a huge halibut 2013-05-19T01:31:04Z "The peculiarity of this case is that the tip of the harpoon lodged itself between the anterior vertebral canal and the medullary canal," he said. Woman survives harpoon shooting 2013-05-09T14:30:49Z It would involve firing a harpoon at the target from close range, the device would then tug the junk downwards, to burn up in the atmosphere. 'Too much' junk and debris in space 2013-04-23T11:30:53Z One UK concept under development is a harpoon. Space collisions expected to rise 2013-04-22T15:10:31Z The cone snail uses a toxin-filled tooth to harpoon its prey, injecting chemicals that can paralyze, stun or kill an unfortunate fish. Healing the Brain with Snail Venom 2013-01-22T14:15:00.307Z Not so, according to social media commentators at Twitter's trending hashtag #JeDemandeLaNationaliteRusse - I Want Russian Nationality - who highlighted the Russian leader's predilection for shooting tigers and harpooning whales. IHT Rendezvous: French Screen Diva Threatens to Join Russia Exodus 2013-01-05T13:11:26Z Skewering Madison Avenue for 60 Years FOR six decades, a magazine has been putting the “Mad” in Madison Avenue by lampooning — and frequently harpooning — the huckstering of the advertising industry. Advertising: Mad Magazine Collects 60 Years of Parodying Madison Avenue 2012-10-28T20:33:55Z In some mosaics, fishers used nets and harpoons to catch groupers at the water's surface—techniques that would never work today. Roman Mosaics Help Scientist Track Endangered Fish 2012-10-06T14:15:00.177Z The harpoon would be fired at the hapless satellite from close range. Design to 'harpoon satellites' 2012-10-02T17:04:22Z One idea being investigated is a "harpoon" to capture the junk and send it down through the atmosphere to burn up. VIDEO: Space 'harpoon' put to the test 2012-10-02T12:40:41Z They see the live capture of sharks as more invasive than other methods of tagging, like using a harpoon to implant a tracking device. Chris Fischer and Ocearch Crew Hunt Sharks in Cape Cod 2012-09-25T00:27:25Z But the bank’s systems of checks and balances failed when it refused to empower the risk management team to harpoon the Whale. Why HCA Is Like Barclays And JP Morgan 2012-08-10T17:09:42Z Explosive harpoons kill the whale instantly so this hunting seems fine.I know certain cultures are reviled by us eating cows and pigs. South Korea moots 'scientific' whaling 2012-07-04T20:11:07Z Words like "slaughter", which once dripped with blood from a Japanese harpoon, have largely been excised from the IWC lexicon. Whaling: From 'bloody' to 'boring'? 2012-07-02T16:55:10Z Russia's report to the IWC admits that none of the 128 gray whales killed last year by indigenous peoples in Chukotka, eastern Siberia, died as a result of the initial harpooning. Indigenous focus for whale talks 2012-07-02T01:52:47Z Given the secretive nature of the business, few on Wall Street, including Mr. Weinstein, were willing to speak publicly about how the hedge funds harpooned the London Whale. How Boaz Weinstein and Hedge Funds Outsmarted JPMorgan 2012-05-26T18:04:24Z So, thanks to some clever new analysis, these old whalebones proved worth their salt in helping us understand whale populations in the era before we humans started launching our harpoons. DNA Fingers Real-Life Captain Ahabs for Precipitous Decline of Gray Whales 2012-05-09T22:45:00.267Z Wood got it alongside the boat where they harpooned and cleated it onto the boat. Giant halibut comes up from the deep water off westside of Whidbey Island 2012-05-08T17:09:14Z The musket-shots not having produced the desired results, harpoons were employed, but they took no hold on the soft, impalpable flesh of the marine monster. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Had he not harpooned whales in Arctic seas? Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z Of what use is the best harpoon when you have to deal with a herring? Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z As the Indians drew alongside it appeared that they were Alaculoofs instead of Yahgans, and they dropped their paddles, and, grasping their harpoons, attacked the whites. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z They succeeded, at last, in getting the harpoon to bite, and in passing a bowling-hitch round the posterior part of the animal. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z For instance, there was a deadly looking harpoon standing in the corner. Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Part of the time they watched the men fishing, or rather harpooning, for they caught the fish by dexterous casts of their light spears. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z The surly Sipsu, it will be remembered, had received what he had sought to give to another, a harpoon planted in the back, and was dead. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z When a seal had been harpooned, or a tree cut down, or a fish beheaded, they said that death ensued. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When it escaped from the harpoon, it dived under the ship and came up again at the other side. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z "Those queer things in your room,—the harpoon, the shark's tooth, the model of the ship?" Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 2012-03-12T03:00:26.883Z Whales with harpoons sticking in them having the names of vessels that had entered the Arctic by way of Behring's Straits have been taken by other ships on the Atlantic side of the continent. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z They were poor hunters, so he stole upon them from behind a hummock, and harpooned them in the back. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Indeed, the turtle hunters of the West Indies, who have a steel harpoon of a similar shape, do not make as well-formed barbs. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z When the whale is harpooned, often a long and dangerous job, and is floating dead in the water, a small flag is planted in it. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Parties followed the Snake River down to Glenn's Ferry, where they fished with harpoons. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z It was long afterward that Nantucket bristled with harpoons. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z They had lost a harpoon and line in the attempt to take a walrus the day before. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z Nor were the spear and harpoon handles merely saplings cut in the forest. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z This was a quick firing and formidable weapon, discharging steel shot, grape, shell, and harpoons, and capable of sending to the bottom any wooden vessel. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z Some fishing took place on the main stream of the Salmon River below its confluence with the Lemhi, but only harpooning was effective owing to the depth of the water. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z Thus it happens that you suppose every man in Nantucket can handle the harpoon, and every woman the oar. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z She may be pounced upon from behind a hummock and a harpoon or any deadly weapon may deal the fatal blow in the back, but a face to face execution was not allowed. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z With this tool the Yahgan felled trees, or fashioned his harpoon, or stripped the blubber from a stranded whale, or trimmed his o'er long bangs, as occasion required. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z They appear to be of savage disposition, for, when harpooned, they twist about and bite with fury anything within their reach. The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad 2012-02-17T03:00:29.247Z The Indians fished with harpoons, set basketry traps, and made fish weirs. Shoshone-Bannock Subsistence and Society 2012-02-17T03:00:38.253Z It keeps in large shoals, and if one of the company receives a wound from the harpoon, the rest fall upon him and devour him. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z The drones and the useless are sometimes harpooned in the back merely to get rid of them. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z The Yahgan used a perfectly round handle for one harpoon and a six-square handle for the other, and both were worked from solid wood with his wonderful shell axe. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z On such days, shoals of dolphins crowded round the ship, and some men got on the bowsprit to throw the harpoon at them. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z When one is sighted either the sails are hoisted, or the sweeps are used, to bring the vessel near enough for the skipper or his mate to make a cast of the harpoon. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Some asteroids might be slowed and eased into orbit near Earth, perhaps with giant harpoons or rotating screws that burrow into the surface. Rocket Man 2012-02-01T23:00:00Z Miller, an old whaleman, was in the bow of the boat with a harpoon. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z |
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