Science Online 2010, Beginnings
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Bora Z addresses the largest crowd of geeks the Triangle has ever seen Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Bora Z addresses the largest crowd of geeks the Triangle has ever seen Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Blogging From My IPhone
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Just a test to see if my new IPhone WordPress app works! This means quicker blogging from ScienceOnline 2010! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Just a test to see if my new IPhone WordPress app works! This means quicker blogging from ScienceOnline 2010! Broadcast Spawn!Tweet

Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive
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At this year’s National Association for Biology Teachers conference, Steve Haddock from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, spoke on deep ocean habitats.   The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center sponsored the session on extreme environments and are now making all the videos available.  Steve’s excellent and visually impressive talk is above and demonstrates the wonder . . . → Read More: Life in the Deep Sea: Only the Fragile Survive

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ScienceOnline 2010 Travel Awards: The Entries So Far
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It’s just a few short weeks until the final deadline for your submission!  To recap, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is offering two $750 travel awards for bloggers with the best posts covering new and emerging evolutionary science. To apply for an award, writers should submit a blog post that highlights current or emerging evolutionary research. In order to be valid, posts must deal with scientific results appearing in 2009. Posts should be 750‐1500 words, and must mention the NESCent contest. The competition so far looks pretty stiff. At Not Exactly Rocket Science, Ed Yong . . . → Read More: ScienceOnline 2010 Travel Awards: The Entries So Far

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Darwin and the Adventure – The Workshop
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Monday, Sept. 21, was a big day as it was the workshop that we had been preparing for. The goal of the workshop as stated on The Beagle Project’s website was to “… join scientists from South America, UK and USA to identify key opportunities for using sailing vessels for modern research with a focus . . . → Read More: Darwin and the Adventure – The Workshop

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Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010
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I am very excited to announce that the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center will be offering two travel awards for ScienceOnline 2010.  These will be awarded for the best of evolutionary writing on the Web that features new and emerging evolutionary research in 2009.  See below for the full announcement. Are you a blogger who is interested in evolution? The National Evolutionary . . . → Read More: Travel Awards for ScienceOnline 2010

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Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance
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October 30-31st you can catch the Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance conference in the Big Apple. Mercer R. Brugler a graduate student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will be giving a 1 hour presentation titled “What is a Coral?”.  Brugler specialty is deep-sea coral evolution, so I am sure the presentation will be . . . → Read More: Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance

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To Blog or Not To Blog
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Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to  ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in  Nature says “not only is that a bad idea, but it should just be disregarded.” Nature has made the case that blogging by researchers is good. Critical discussion of worthy . . . → Read More: To Blog or Not To Blog

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Travel picks for 12th Deep-Sea Biology Conference
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Registration for the 12th Deep-Sea Biology Conference in Reykjavic, Iceland doesn’t start until January 2010, but the bags are already packed. The 12th Deep-sea Biology Symposium website offers more than a few old Norse travel destinations. Here’s some choice picks: Jökulsárlón, Southeast Iceland, is actually a beautiful lagoon with numerous icebergs. You can see, maybe . . . → Read More: Travel picks for 12th Deep-Sea Biology Conference

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Happy Birthday to Southern Fried Scientist!
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One of only 2 people in the world that actually give a damn about deep sea fungi. Here’s to your 25th, Cheers! Andrew (squid hat) and I (crab hat) toasting to sea shanties with blog peeps at Science Online 09. Photo by Danica. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}One of only 2 people in the world that . . . → Read More: Happy Birthday to Southern Fried Scientist!

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