In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing (inspiring awe or admiration or wonder) ”New York is an amazing city”; “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”; “the awesome complexity of the universe”; “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to … . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: Giant Squid=Awesomesauce
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By Dr. M, on  January 30th, 2011  5 comments  Adaptations, Biodiversity, Cephalopods!  Architeuthis, body size, Giant Squid, mantle, Predation, Reproduction, siphon, squid By Miriam Goldstein, on January 30th, 2011 3 comments Conservation & Environment climate change, green jobs, job, scio11 During the Science Online conference, Chris Mooney said that the response to Climategate should be to train and pay “deadly ninjas of science communication.” If you are a citizen of Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala or Honduras, here’s a chance at a fellowship in climate ninjutsu. The Climate Change Professional Fellows Program aims to strengthen the … . . . → Read More: Climate Ninjas Wanted
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 30th, 2011 One comment Gadgets & Gear, Megavertebrate plush, shark, Shark Attack, toys If you’ve got $250 to blow, blow it on this. The ChumBuddy sleeping bag will snuggle you so sweetly as it gnaws upon your innards. It’s a stuffed toy! IT’S A SHARK! In an effort to make sharks (a very misunderstood animal that also happens to be one of my favorites) more cuddly, … . . . → Read More: Sleeping with the fishes
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 29th, 2011 Leave a comment Cephalopods! Boing Boing, Brains, Maggie Koerth-Baker, Neuroscience, Octopus, video And Boing Boing’s science editor Maggie Koerth-Baker tells us why in a videocast! . . . → Read More: Everybody Loves Cephalopods
By Dr Bik, on January 29th, 2011 One comment Oil Spills, Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, dispersants, Gulf of Mexico, Oil Spill Another disturbing paper about the BP oil spill was published this week. The new study from Wood’s Hole researchers shows lingering traces of dispersant in the deepwater oil plume that spread out for 200 miles southwest of the Macondo well head. The sampling took place over a number of months, showing that Corexit dispersant … . . . → Read More: No S*&%t Sherlock, dispersants DON’T degrade quickly
I’m hosting the Boneyard Blog Carnival, a monthly celebration of fossils, paleobiology, extinction and history of paleoscience. So send me all your submissions this weekend from any related material you wrote in January! The last Boneyard was hosted by When Pigs Fly Returns! Check i out for inspiration! You got till Monday midnight to … . . . → Read More: Send Me Your Paleo Links!
By Dr. M, on January 28th, 2011 One comment Expeditions, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Antarctic, Ice Breaker, Russia, Russian, time lapse You can watch the entire 54th Russian Antarctic Expedition led Captain Valery Viktorov on the “Akademik Fedorov” in just nine minutes. Probably will make you yearn for the sea. . . . → Read More: Cruise The Ice Pack With Russians
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 27th, 2011 12 comments Bringin' It, Opinion, Ramblings outreach, Science Outreach, sex, Women in Science I attended the women in blogging session at Science Online, and I’ve been watching the discussion on women in the blogosphere with some bemusement. My personal experience seems to be quite different than that of many others, but I can’t help seeing a strange disconnect between the current earnest discussion of … . . . → Read More: Let’s talk about sex (in science)
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 26th, 2011 22 comments Deep Sea 101 Best of Zelnio, deep sea, Habitat, seafloor This semester I am teaching a full on lecture course in Deep Sea Biology at my institution. It is a great opportunity for me and am very thankful that I can be at an institution that would enthusiastically give a PhD student this opportunity to freely develop this course how I wish. I am … . . . → Read More: Deep Sea 101: Introduction and What Is the Deep Sea?
By Dr. M, on January 25th, 2011 One comment TGIF: Pictures & Movies, Vessels and Equipment animation, Mariana Trench, Piccard, Walsh Wired has an excellent new video chronicling Piccard and Walsh’s descent to the Mariana Trench. To unpublished interview with Piccard from three years before his death in 2005, Roman Wolter, a design student, created an elegantly conceived short animation. Count this an internet win. Video: Explorer Recounts Deepest-Ever Ocean Expedition | Wired Science | Wired.com P.S. If this doesn’t … . . . → Read More: Explorer Recounts Deepest-Ever Ocean Expedition
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