First, our very own beloved Miriam PASSED HER PRELIMS!!!!1!!1!! She is PhD Candidate Goldstein. Also, my friend and coworker, Southern Fried Scientist PASSED HIS PRELIMS!!!!!!11!!!1! Congrats to PhD Cand Fried. One of our favorite blog, Time to Eat the Dogs, REACHED 100,000 HITS!!!!11!!1!111! This is a really great blog about explorers and exploration from an . . . → Read More: CONGRATULATIONS BLOGOSPHERE!!!
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Artistic interpretation of Miriam, first day at sea. Except she ALWAYS wears her PFD on the fantail. (Cartoon from solarnavigator.net.) Whenever I give public talks, the number one question I get asked is “Do you ever get seasick?” People are usually surprised when the answer is “OMG YES.” I get seasick Dr. Seuss style – . . . → Read More: The Seasick Oceanographer
By Dr. M, on  April 13th, 2010  5 comments  Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Life Science, New Research, Open Access  anaerobic, anoxic, Loricifera, Mediterranean, mitochondria, oxgyen, RB Editor's Selection He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world-Horace It is good to carry some powered rouge in one’s sleeve. It may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, his complexion may be poor. At such a time it is good to take out and . . . → Read More: Samurai and Deep-Sea Loricifera Should Use More Rouge
Like the good Dr. M explained last post, frequency of content is down around here. Though I do not intend to take a break or slow down much further, a few exciting things are happening. 1. Most of time is spent at my day job. My family and home repair take up the half. 2. . . . → Read More: What’s New With Kevin Z and the Oceans?
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2010 One comment Biodiversity, Books/Media, Carnivals & Link Love, Ecology, Education, Giant Isopod, New Research, Ramblings, Scientist!, Seamount, Tweets American Scientist, Biodiversity, bivalve, deep sea, Ecology, evolution, Gastropod, Giant Isopod, Hydrothermal Vent, island rule, isopocalypse, MBARI, Monterey Canyan, National Geographic, NESCent, New Species, Seamount, Sigma Xi, Snail, Southern Fried Science, twitter A potential new species of nudibranch (white box) on a bubblegum coral You might have noticed that my posting frequency is down recently. Why? 1. Kevin Z convinced me to start Tweeting. There seems to be an inverse relationship to my writing for DSN and posting Tweets. Previous attempts to integrate our Twitter content into . . . → Read More: What’s New With the Dr. M and the Oceans?
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2010 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Vessels and Equipment cargo ship, container ship, Emma Maersk, ferry, hybrid This new ship will run on old tennis shoes and baby diapers We’ve seen multiple designs of late for ferries, cargo and container ships, and yachts focused on lower fuel consumption. What is driving these new designs? Economics…pure and simple. The Emma Maersk Running at her rated 80 Mw, her main engines burn 14 tons . . . → Read More: The Future in Ship Design
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 13th, 2010 Leave a comment Carnivals & Link Love, New Research research blogging, researchblogcast Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I have the second ResearchBlogCast up at ResearchBlogging.org. We discuss a recent paper on lactose intolerance in prehistoric Swedish hunter-gatherers. Enjoy! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Dave Munger, Razib Khan and I have the second ResearchBlogCast up at ResearchBlogging.org. We discuss a recent paper on lactose intolerance in prehistoric Swedish hunter-gatherers. Enjoy! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet By Kevin Zelnio, on April 13th, 2010 12 comments Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research Arthropoda, Best of Zelnio, Calcium, Chitin, Copper, Crab, Crustacea, Depuration, Exoskeleton, Fiddler Crab, Heavy Metals, Lead, Molting, Moulting, New Jersey, physiology, Toxicity, Uca pugnax, zinc Uca pugnax says, "On guard blasphemer!" Image from fiddlercrab.info. Everyone knows that all crabs moult. Its no secret. When you wear you skeleton on the outside, its difficult to find the room to grow. Every now and then crabs and other arthropods (as well as a few other phyla) shed their exoskeleton or cuticle, resorbing . . . → Read More: Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air
By Kevin Zelnio, on April 12th, 2010 5 comments Cephalopods!, Megavertebrate CritterCam, National Geographic, Octopus, Sea Lion This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though, there appears to be a certain bias here… :( Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This is a travesty. Octopus everywhere are being decimated by these horrible creatures. Thankfully, we have learned the truth through National Geographic’s crittercam. Sadly though, there appears to be a… This just might be the best thing ever. Graduate school, shanty style! It’s basically Piled Higher and Deeper, in ballad form. Check out hultonclint’s traditional shanties, too – he has a fine voice. Thanks, JEByrnes! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}This just might be the best thing ever. Graduate school, shanty style! It’s basically Piled Higher and Deeper, in ballad form. Check out hultonclint’s traditional shanties, too – he has… |
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