Everyone likes a nice caboose. That’s why for generations much work and craftsmanship went into sprucing up the rearends of ships. Over at Dark Roasted…
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TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War Feeding
Despite being stung by one of them on a Gulf beach as a kid, Portugese Man-O-War’s are still one of my favorite organisms. Hat tip…
View More TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War FeedingTGIF: Why an Octopus is more awesome than your Mom
Some friday hilarity from one of my favourite webistes, The Oatmeal. Click on the picture to read the full (scientifically enlightening) article:
View More TGIF: Why an Octopus is more awesome than your MomExploration, thy name is Atlantis
If everything goes smoothly, this morning at around 11 o’clock, four brave souls strapped to 800,000 gallons of liquid oxygen, hydrogen and hydrazine will ride a…
View More Exploration, thy name is AtlantisEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid Development
And then some in this very informative 18 minute video by PacificCoast101 on YouTube. I
View More Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid DevelopmentScientific American Blog Network Opens Shop
Been long under the wraps, but now a project organized by friend and colleague Bora Zivkovic has come to fruition. THE NEW SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN BLOG…
View More Scientific American Blog Network Opens ShopDeep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?
Interesting news coming out of Nature Geosciences this weekend. Kato et al (2011) are reporting a veritable treasure trove buried in deep-sea Pacific sediments: rare-earth…
View More Deep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?TGIF: Eel larvae
The larvae of eels and other related species are called small heads or in the fancier Greek, Leptocephalus. The video above should give you some…
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