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		<title>A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Act 1: Wood Falling on Water At two miles below the ocean’s surface, I see wooden carcasses, once buoyant, lying listlessly on the abyssal seafloor. They range from small fragments to 2000+ pound behemoths.  Ligneous cadavers litter the seafloor, a last resting place for visitors from a faraway and drier place, becoming rare as <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/04/a-lonely-tree-far-from-home-brings-new-life-to-the-ocean-deep-a-narrative-in-five-acts/">A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='A Lonely Tree Far From Home Brings New Life to the Ocean Deep: A Narrative in Five Acts avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edit &#8211; In the original article I said that the sphere of the Deep Challenger was made of titanium.  In fact, it&#8217;s made of steel.  My bad! In trying to explain to friends, colleagues and Twitter followers during recent days what James Cameron may have seen out that softball-sized window of the Deep Challenger submersible <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/cool-as-a-sea-cucumber-life-and-death-at-extraordinary-deep-sea-pressures/">Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Cool as a sea cucumber: life (and death) at extraordinary deep sea pressures avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We as humans have three fundamental questions. Where do we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone in the universe? The answers to these thrust at the core of our humanity and uniqueness.  Through science we seek out replies to these inquiries. The Drake Equation In 1960 the National Academy of Sciences asked <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/what-knowledge-of-the-deep-sea-tell-us-about-life-on-other-planets/">What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='What knowledge of the deep sea tell us about life on other planets avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding The Perfect Home That Just Screams YOU!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Hermit Crab Changes Shell &#38; Hermit in a Bottle &#8220;After having looked for years, we finally saw a hermit crab in the act of switching shells. And, in the same month, also saw one walking around in a bottle!&#8221; Find out lots of great pictures and videos by the divers at Blenny Watcher, an <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/finding-the-perfect-home-that-just-screams-you/">Finding The Perfect Home That Just Screams YOU!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Finding The Perfect Home That Just Screams YOU! avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66f16fda7525df52d085b67feffaeb52?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s In Your Stomach?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 02:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Mardi Gras recently passing, I was privileged to partake of a King Cake graciously offered by a coworker.  Originally European in tradition, the riche brioche-style cake is now also popular along the Gulf coast. King Cakes are recognizable from nearly 3 miles away by the patches of green, purple, and gold sugar that top <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/03/whats-in-your-stomach/">What&#8217;s In Your Stomach?<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='What&#8217;s In Your Stomach? avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ In 1899 a French zoologist named Edouard Chevreux with an inordinate fondness for crustaceans officially described two crustaceans from the deepest parts of the ocean. Over 100 hundred years later, scientists have collected less than two dozen specimens of this enigmatic shellfish, shocking given that is largest species of amphipod ever known. Within Crustacean <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/02/the-large-but-enigmatic-supergiant/">The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The Large But Enigmatic Supergiant avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Extinct life is like a box of chocolates</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I celebrated another lap around the sun this weekend, and in honour of that my friend Betty, who lives in Arizona, sent me a rather awesome gift.  It wasn&#8217;t elegantly wrapped; in fact, its contents were variously contained in a decidedly pedestrian mix of old bubble wrap, styrofoam noodles and plastic bags from Target AND <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/extinct-life-is-like-a-box-of-chocolates/">Extinct life is like a box of chocolates<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Extinct life is like a box of chocolates avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a repost from my former blog The Oyster&#8217;s Garter and was originally published on March 24, 2008. I&#8217;m re-posting in honor of Kate Clancy&#8216;s &#38; Scicurious&#8216; Sex, gender and controversy: writing to educate, writing to titillate session at Science Online 2012, since this is one of the silliest bits of sex-related writing I&#8217;ve ever <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2012/01/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/">Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest!<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest! avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71c182e635e772d1960c8084eb82f7d9?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>TGIF &#8211; Flatworm Fu&#8230; er&#8230; Mating.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There actually sticking their penises in each othr quite randomly.&#8221; Invertebrate reproduction or one crazy night in Vegas?? You decide! Hat tip to @echinoblog. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}]]></description>
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		<title>Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Oh the dark deep sea is frightful,   But the food not so delightful,  But since we&#8217;ve got no place to go,  Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! Let It Marine Snow! The deep-sea floor is a patch mosaic of habitats In the late 1960’s, two marine biologists, Howard Sanders and Robert <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/12/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/">Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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