‘Nature demonstrates how maximum performance can be achieved with minimum energy consumption,’ a Festo spokesman said. DON’T DO IT!!!! We’ve all seen Terminator! We know what will happen! The Daily Mail reports: “The life-size bionic birds are hydrodynamic and can turn like real penguins because of the flexible glass fibre rods that control their heads. The creatures … . . . → Read More: Bionic Penguins Will Wipe Out The Penguin Race
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  April 30th, 2009  Leave a comment  Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  Festo, penguin, robot, The Daily Mail By Peter Etnoyer, on April 30th, 2009 Leave a comment Art, Books/Media, New Research Dixie Smith, electronic art, Gulf of Mexico, Harte Research Institute Have you ever seen an interactive mosaic? Its a very modern art form. Harte Research Institute’s (HRI) Dixie Smith made this very image of South Texas and the Gulf of Mexico using 10,0000 images as pixels on an electronic canvas. The mosaic was produced using freeware from AndreaMosiac. If you click on the artwork, … . . . → Read More: Interactive mosaic of the Gulf of Mexico
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 29th, 2009 Leave a comment Megavertebrate Brian Skerry, Great Turtle Race, leatherback turtle, National Geog, sea turtle, Tim Appenzeller It has been an unofficial Turtle Week here at Deep Sea News with all the excitement surrounding the Great Turtle Race! The winner has been announced and the race is over. Wait? Can’t get enough turtle? You got a fever and the only cure is more turtle? National Geographic has just the thing! Pick up … . . . → Read More: Turtles Galore!
By Peter Etnoyer, on April 29th, 2009 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Megavertebrate, Scientist! Canada, Caribbean, French Guiana, Georges - Great Turtle, Great Turtle Race, Jean-Yves Georges, leatherback, Nova Scotia, Pearl Jam, sea turtle, Wawa Bear Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” is declared the victor in the Great Turtle Race, the first leatherback sea turtle to arrive in the Caribbean Sea from foraging grounds off Nova Scotia, Canada. The largest turtle in the race, Wawa Bear (pictured), was not the first place winner but she’s stirring the news because the 1200 pound … . . . → Read More: Enormous sea turtle lays 95 eggs after ocean race
By Dr. M, on April 29th, 2009 2 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Nautical Terms and Phrases, Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment Bosun, Cat, cat o' nine tails, Royal navy, whip In the Royal Navy the punishment prescribed for most serious crimes was flogging. This was administered by the Bosun’s Mate using a whip called a cat o’ nine tails. The “cat” was kept in a leather or baize bag. It was considered bad news indeed when the cat was let out of the bag. . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Let The Cat Out of the Bag
By Dr. M, on April 28th, 2009 10 comments Biodiversity beer, Biodiversity, Claude Shannon, conservation, diversity, Evelyn Christine Pielou, evenness, information theory, Norbert Weiner, richness, Shannon-Weiner, Warren Weaver Knowing how diverse an ecological community is should be a simple matter. At the most basic level, we can go into the field take a sample and count the number of species. I know that when I look into my refrigerator that I have a beer diversity of 2. I have … . . . → Read More: Biodiversity Pt. 1: Richness vs. Evenness or What Kinds Of Beer Are In My Refrigerator
DSN friend and colleague Dr. Christina Kellogg published a new paper this month characterizing the bacterial assemblages of deep Lophelia pertusa coral in the Gulf of Mexico. Two Lophelia-specific bacterial groups were identified: a cluster of gammaproteobacteria related to sulfide-oxidizing gill symbionts of seep clams and a group of Mycoplasma spp. The presence of these … . . . → Read More: Bacterial assemblages in deep Lophelia coral
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Industry & Government Antarctica, Arctic, Atlantic, BBC, carbon dioxide, Funding, ocean acidification, United Kingdom Way to go brits! The BBC reports: “The UK government has launched an £11m ($16m) five-year research programme into ocean acidification… The study will focus on the Atlantic, Antarctic and Arctic oceans and assess how marine ecosystems are affected. The programme, co-funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Natural Environment Research … . . . → Read More: UK Launches Bold Ocean Acidification Research Program
By Peter Etnoyer, on April 27th, 2009 5 comments Education, Ramblings, Scientist! academia, Columbia University, The New York Times The New York Times published an interesting opinion piece saying its time for major changes in academia. Dr. Mark Taylor of Columbia University’s Religion Department says tenure must be abolished, replaced with 7 year renewable contracts. He wants a problem based curriculum structured by themes like “water”, “information”, and “energy”. He claims his fractured … . . . → Read More: Reinventing academia, but for whom?
By Dr. M, on April 27th, 2009 Leave a comment Bringin' It, Expeditions, Ramblings, Scientist! beer, coffee pot, field kit, home brew, Southern Fried Science How to make beer at sea in a coffee pot! Southern Fried Scientist may just have become my new best friend. I guess what I pack in my field kit will be changing very soon. . . . → Read More: One Thing Every Oceanographer Should Know
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