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By Dr. M, on  May 10th, 2011  4 comments  Uncategorized, Vessels and Equipment  Challenger Deep, submersible Sir Richard Branson isn’t the only one wanting to return to the Challenger Deep. Now, submersible designers Triton Submarines aims to take humans down to Challenger Deep again using their newly designed submersible Triton 36,000.The most interesting part is the that crew sphere is made of borosilicate glass that actually gets stronger under increased compression … . . . → Read More: New Triton Manned Submersible
By Dr Bik, on May 9th, 2011 2 comments Books/Media, Deep Sea Music Giant Squid, Music, pirates, video YES, THIS JUST HAPPENED!!!! I’m totally going to be singing these lyrics now whenever I hear the ‘Pirates’ soundtrack… “He’s the pauper of the surf, the Jester of Tortuga…” . . . → Read More: Micheal Bolton sings about Giant Squid!
By para_sight, on May 9th, 2011 11 comments Adaptations, Critters, Mating & Reproduction, Ramblings, Uncategorized, Weird alien, Asexual, life cycle, movies, Parasite, parasitoid, pop culture, sci fi 
James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the greatest movie ever made. There, I said it. For sheer script quotability, only Pulp Fiction comes close. For dark and gritty, anti-glossy-Star-Wars sci fi realism, only Blade Runner is its equal. And no critter has ever been more terrifying than the H.R. Giger creation that debuted as a … . . . → Read More: This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with
By Miriam Goldstein, on May 9th, 2011 Leave a comment Books/Media Darwin, Doctor Who, movies, pirates Thanks to io9 and Garrett G, I just might have found the ultimate movie for the First Annual Deep-Sea News Film Night. Behold the glory of Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! Yarr, ye stop-motion laddies! Also I ENTIRELY approve of David Tennant as Charles Darwin – because evolution is pretty much just wibbly-wobbly … . . . → Read More: Ultimate movie for First Annual DSN Film Night?
By Dr. M, on May 8th, 2011 One comment Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Life Science, Mating & Reproduction, New Research development, Echinodermata, Phylogenetics, progensis, woodfall, Xyloplax Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in my Aquaman pajamas while laying on Return of the Jedi bedsheets*. Unlike my childlike tendencies, for other species sometimes delayed growth can be advantageous in nature. Take Xyloplax. New work suggests that its development may be stunted as an adaptation to its … . . . → Read More: Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up
We are clearly going to need one of these at DSN headquarters. Angler Fish light…here fishy fishy mmmyum – CRAFTSTER CRAFT CHALLENGES. . . . → Read More: Angler Fish Light
By Dr. M, on May 8th, 2011 One comment Biodiversity, Books/Media, Carnivals & Link Love, Cephalopods!, Critters, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Echinodermata, illustration, Mollusca BibliOdyssey is always full eclectic book art. Just what you need to achieve your geek fix for today. Behold the illustrations from ’Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles’ by PAJ Drapiez. Drapiez’s ’Dictionnaire Classique Des Sciences Naturelles’ is ostensibly an homage to the evolving scientific literature of the Enlightenment and the author was generous enough to underline the … . . . → Read More: The Kingdoms of Science
El Cielo de Canarias / Canary sky – Tenerife from Daniel López on Vimeo. Via Metafilter . . . → Read More: TGIF: A sky like ocean waves
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 5th, 2011 8 comments Editor's Desk, Education, Evolution Brunswick County, creationism, Dover, evolution, Intelligent Design, Judge John Jones, Kitzmiller A couple weeks ago I was alerted to a newspaper article from the Brunswick Beacon, serving the Brunswick County next door to me in beautiful coastal North Carolina. The school commissioners there seemed to feel that evolution was “the biggest lie that’s ever been perpetrated on mankind.” Indeed, Chairman Bill Sue is “tired of … . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: Sorry Brunswick County, ID STILL Not Science
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