I am very excited to announce that the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be offering two travel awards for ScienceOnline 2010. These will be awarded for the best of evolutionary writing on the Web that features new and emerging evolutionary research in 2009. See below for the full announcement. Are you a blogger who is … . . . → Read More: Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010
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By Dr. M, on  September 30th, 2009  3 comments  Conferences  blogging, evolution, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, NESCent, ScienceOnline 2010, travel awards By Dr. M, on September 29th, 2009 3 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Books/Media, Scientist! first edition, Gulf of California, inscribed, Ricketts, Sea of Cortez, Steinbeck, Western Flyer You may remember me mentioning that Chris Mah scored an original original hard cover copy of the Sea of Cortez detailing John Steinbeck’s and Ed Ricketts’ journeys on the Western Flyer. Since that day in Newport when Chris purchased the single copy and I of course went empty handed, I have thought of that … . . . → Read More: Sea of Cortez
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 28th, 2009 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Deep Sea Music, Fish ABC4, Andy Brandy Casagrande IV, Great White, National Geographic, shark From National Geographic: Filmmaker, Songwriter & Shark Junky – Andy Brandy Casagrande IV (ABC4) says: “IF I WAS A GREAT WHITE SHARK…I WOULDN’T BITE YOU” . . . → Read More: The Shark Song
By Dr. M, on September 27th, 2009 16 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, New Species Baja, California, Chimaera, claspers, Elasmobranchia, genitals, ghostshark, Holocephali, sex, sexual organ, shark Chimaeras are sharks much cooler cousins. They are not sharks, i.e. elasmobranchs, but rather a whole other subclass, Holocephali, that split from sharks nearly 400 mya. They are primarily deep water which only endears them to me more. Chimaeras differ from sharks in subtle and not so subtle ways. Much different from their toothy cousins, … . . . → Read More: Another Species With Forehead Sexual Organs
By Dr. M, on September 27th, 2009 4 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, Gadgets & Gear, Vessels and Equipment Carmagnolle, Diving, France, scuba, steampunk …and I thought I was burdened with gear The sole example of this steampunkesque diving suit appears Musée de la Marine in Paris. Built by Alphonse and Theodore Carmagnolle with 20 portholes the entire suite weighs in at 837 pounds. You can get a bit of the history and the specs over at Diving Heritage. … . . . → Read More: 19th Century Scuba
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 25th, 2009 2 comments Expeditions Brazil, Darwin and the Adventure, DNA, Molecular Lab, Paraty, PCR, Plankton Tow, rigging, Sailing, tall ship, The Beagle Project, Tocorime Sunday was a big day. We had our first sail, set up the molecular lab on board, did a practice plankton tow, and met the rest of the workshop participants (more on the workshop in the next post). We were picked up early in the morning and taken out to the pier to board … . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure Day 4
Water Level 9,40m … from Alex.Be. on Vimeo. . . . → Read More: TGIF: Scuba Diving in Flooded Meadow
By Dr. M, on September 25th, 2009 Leave a comment Books/Media, Carnivals & Link Love, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Jason Bradley, Photography, scuba A nice video featuring the photography of DSN favorite and close friend, Jason Bradley Channel Islands 09/09 from Bradley Photographic on Vimeo. . . . → Read More: Bonus TGIF: Photographs From the Channel Islands
By Kevin Zelnio, on September 24th, 2009 2 comments Expeditions, Scientist! Beagle Project, Brazil, Cuchaca, Darwin and the Adventure, International Space Station, ISS, Paraty, South America As promised, here are some pictures from last Saturday. We are back in business now, held our last day of the event and will spend tomorrow collecting all of our thoughts. In my view it was a tremendous success. Our link up to the International Space Station worked and the children got to ask … . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure Day 3 (Pictures)
By Dr. M, on September 23rd, 2009 Leave a comment Nautical Terms and Phrases cargo, garble, nautical, rubbish, Sailing From ye ol’ source… to be distorted or mixed up Garbling was the prohibited practice of mixing rubbish with the cargo. . . . → Read More: Nautical Phrase/Term Wednesday: Garbled
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