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 Blend is a nice post on intricate ship sterns. For your viewing pleasure, below I have included some of my photographs of the lovely derriere of the H.M.S. Victory. . . . → Read More: Intricate Sterns
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By Dr. M, on  July 10th, 2011  Leave a comment  Archaeology, History, and Art, Art, Vessels and Equipment  Art, H.M.S. Victory, stern By Dr. M, on July 8th, 2011 2 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Cnidaria, feeding, pneumatophore, Polyp, Portugese Man-O-Ware, Predation, zooids 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 to @echinoblog for the link to this video of a Portugese Man-O-War capturing a fish. Remember this species is colonial and made of four different polyps or zooids, working … . . . → Read More: TGIF: Portuguese Man-O-War Feeding
By Dr Bik, on July 8th, 2011 Leave a comment Books/Media, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Funnies, Octopus, tgif Some friday hilarity from one of my favourite webistes, The Oatmeal. Click on the picture to read the full (scientifically enlightening) article: . . . → Read More: TGIF: Why an Octopus is more awesome than your Mom
By para_sight, on July 8th, 2011 10 comments Environmental Sciences, Gadgets & Gear, Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment atlantis, NASA, NOAA, WHOI 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 controlled explosion into near-earth space aboard the NASA shuttle Atlantis. For the last time. The NASA space shuttle program is drawing to a close after 30 years, and Atlantis … . . . → Read More: Exploration, thy name is Atlantis
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 6th, 2011 Leave a comment Adaptations, Cephalopods! development, Embryo, Loligo, squid, video And then some in this very informative 18 minute video by PacificCoast101 on YouTube. I . . . → Read More: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Squid Development
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 NETWORK HAS OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED!!! As you can tell I am super excited. The caliber and diversity of the inaugural class of bloggers is astounding. Diversity is a big deal in science … . . . → Read More: Scientific American Blog Network Opens Shop
By Dr Bik, on July 5th, 2011 One comment Conservation & Environment, Mining min, Pacific Ocean, rare earth elements, sediments 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 elements. Elements such as yttrium are critical components for consumer electronics–thus, much sought after in today’s technology-driven world. There’s been a flurry of commentary in my inbox today, worried about … . . . → Read More: Deep Sea mud as precious as diamonds?
By Dr. M, on July 1st, 2011 4 comments Adaptations, Biodiversity, Critters, Ecology, Evolution, Fish, Mating & Reproduction eels, larvae, Leptocephalus 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 insight into this moniker. Unlike fish larvae, Leptocephali can grow quite large from a few inches to well over a foot in length. Also unlike fish larvae, Leptocephali do … . . . → Read More: TGIF: Eel larvae
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