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Since at least the time of the science fiction writer Jules Verne, people have dreamed of being able to live underwater. In the 1960s and '70s, the U.S. and French governments were among those who created undersea habitats where researchers could live and work for extended periods. It's been almost 40 years, though, since the last undersea habitat went into the water. But NPR's Greg Allen reports on a new one created by a company with ambitious plans for underwater research and exploration.

GREG ALLEN, BYLINE: The company is called DEEP. It was founded four years ago in the United Kingdom with a goal, it says, of making humans more aquatic. It unveiled its first step in that process recently in Miami. It's Vanguard, an undersea habitat where a crew of four can live and

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