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. . . . → Read More: Happy Birthday to Southern Fried Scientist!

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Big Gulpers In The Deep
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I got the dreaded pop-up of doom as my macbook told me it could not install the latest update because I out of space. So I decided to poke around, see where I could save space and delete files. Sitting on my desktop for a couple years was an aptly titled folder, “Photos to Sort”, . . . → Read More: Big Gulpers In The Deep

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Finally…
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Bow down to the new symbol of power! You might have noticed my absence lately. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you did and just don’t care. I finally arrived in North Carolina (like NC doesn’t have enough science bloggers) after a 3000 mile road trip that included way to many meals at Cracker Barrel and a . . . → Read More: Finally…

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Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole
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Journalists looking for a compelling story of greed, adventure, and science on the high seas might want to consider attending this Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution sponsored by ChEss (Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems), WHOI, and InterRidge, a group promoting interdisciplinary and international cooperation for ridge-crest studies. Mining the seafloor for untold . . . → Read More: Deep-Sea Mining Workshop at Wood’s Hole

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Science Online ’09: From Blogging to Paying Bills
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The last session of Saturday I spent in a room with ~30 other eager individuals wishing to be imparted magical advice on how to make the leap from blogging (essentially for free for most of us) to getting paid to write articles. The session How to become a (paid) science journalist: advice for bloggers was . . . → Read More: Science Online ’09: From Blogging to Paying Bills

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Science Online ’09: Nature Blogging
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Bright and early Sunday morning, I hosted a session on Nature Blogging with GrrlScientist of the fantastic blog Living the Scientific Life. It was a great pleasure to work with her on this session and I want to thank her for putting most of the thought in behind it. It was well attended and well-participated . . . → Read More: Science Online ’09: Nature Blogging

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Science Online ’09: Blogging Adventure
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Karen, myself, Anne-Marie, Talia, Meredith from the panel. Rick and Vanessa are out of frame. After a most wonderful lunch (thanks Science Online sponsors!), it was time for the first of two sessions I was co-moderating. This session was a fun one to plan and execute on how to post from strange places. Co-organizer Karen . . . → Read More: Science Online ’09: Blogging Adventure

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