We’ve covered the MEG series by author Steve Alten in the past in the context of the original book being turned into a movie. For a refresher…The main The protagonist is Jonas Taylor a Navy deep sea diver working in the Marianas Trench. And guess what..its ‘top-secret’. He sees a megalodon that kills his … . . . → Read More: TGIF: MEG, Aquarium From Hell
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By Dr. M, on  July 31st, 2009  7 comments  Books/Media, TGIF: Pictures & Movies  Dubai, Hell's Aquarium, MEG, megalodon, Steve Alten By Peter Etnoyer, on July 30th, 2009 One comment Coral, New Species Crinoid, deep-sea coral, Living Fossil, New Species If you didn’t get a chance to follow along with the Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition last week, you can catch up online at the NOAA Ocean Exploration expedition website. The image above is only one of a few dozen impressive photographs posted. The purple sea fan is NOT the most amazing thing about this picture, actually, … . . . → Read More: Deep-sea crinoid discovered in real time
By Dr. M, on July 30th, 2009 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Critters, Mating & Reproduction, Megavertebrate constraints, design, Double XX, evolution, phylogenetic, predator, prey, sharks, size, Wired It’s been eight days since Miriam posted at Double XX This Wired piece on the 10 Worst Evolutionary Designs also made me want to smash some test tubes. It’s a stunningly inane list of animal adaptations that the author thinks are weird, uncontaminated by even the most basic knowledge of evolution. And the eight days since … . . . → Read More: Worst Evolutionary Designs? No! Brilliant Solutions to the Complexity of Nature and Constraints
By Dr. M, on July 29th, 2009 5 comments New Research, Ramblings American Heart Association, Antioxidant, BBC, Cholesterol, clotting, Guinness, Health, strength Guinness IS actually good for me! Not just a clever marketing scheme…Guinness is good for you! or Guinness for strength!… now there is scientific evidence! From the BBC: The Wisconsin team tested the health-giving properties of stout against lager by giving it to dogs who had narrowed arteries similar to those in heart disease. They … . . . → Read More: Finally The Research I Have Been Waiting For
By Dr. M, on July 29th, 2009 2 comments Gadgets & Gear, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment AUV, DARPA, Defense Department, drone, Electric Boat, Irregular Warfare Office, Navy, Sea Stalker, Soviet, submarine, supercavitation, Underwater Express The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which commissions research for the Defense Department, gave Electric Boat a truckload of money in 2006 to design a small submarine to transport people and cargo at 100 knots (about 115 miles an hour). The program name…Underwater Express. Not the most imaginative name. I would have went with … . . . → Read More: The New Navy Has Both Faster and Unmanned Subs
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 28th, 2009 One comment Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Scientist! Antarctica, GrrlScientist The blogger’s blogger, GrrlScientist from the blog Living the Scientific Life, is trying win a competition to get sent to Antarctica to blog about for the public. Having met Grrl and even co-chaired a session with her on Nature Blogging at the Science Online ’09 conference, I can tell you first hand that is … . . . → Read More: Send a Blogger to Antarctica!
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Environmental Sciences Absolute Salinity, climate change, CSIRO, Frank Millero, global warming, heat Capacity, models, Salinity, seawater, Temperature, Thermodynamics What do you think of when see the term “seawater”? Salty water? Perhaps fish-poo-covered-bacterial-ooze-slime-haven-so-salty-I-puke-in-my-snorkel-every-time-it-touches-my-tongue? Well, the definition of seawater has been limited by how we can measure it and what type of information that we wish to glean from knowing something about seawater. For over 30 years now, researchers have defined seawater based solely upon … . . . → Read More: Seawater Redefined
By Dr. M, on July 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Nautical Terms and Phrases coffee, cup of joe, Josephus Daniels, liquour, mess, Naval Academy, Navy, sailors, wine From our ol’ friend Navy lore: Josephus Daniels (18 May 1862-15 January 1948) was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913. Among his reforms of the Navy were inaugurating the practice of making 100 Sailors from the Fleet eligible for entrance into the Naval Academy, the introduction of women into the … . . . → Read More: Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Cup of Joe
By Dr. M, on July 27th, 2009 5 comments Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Industry & Government, Plastic, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment Expedition, Pacific Garbage Patch, Pacific Gyre, Pacific Ocean, plactic, Scripps, SEAPLEX This Sunday, August 2nd, a major scientific expedition to study the issue of plastic accumulation in the North Pacific Gyre will depart San Diego. The whole venture is between Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the nonprofit Project Kaisei, SEAPLEX (Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition) but the cool part is that Miriam from the … . . . → Read More: U Hav Plasicz In Yr Oceanuz
He was a squid from the wrong side of the ocean. She, a mild mannered but inquisitive squash from a rural farm. Theirs was a love that was forbidden. What blossomed was more than love and the relationship eventually proved fruitful. Hat tip to Urlesque for inspiration. . . . → Read More: Forbidden Love
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