COMPASS recently published a commentary in PLOS Biology on the journey from science outreach to meaningful engagement. This post attempts to synthesize a series of reactions, reflections, and personal experiences that followed with the hope to expand the conversation. Read the summary post here, or track the conversation by searching for #reachingoutsci Image courtesy of . . . → Read More: Outreach, the academic formula, and the need for critical examination
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We asked Dr. Douglas J. Long, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences at the Oakland Museum of California to guest post with DSN. Please welcome him in the comments below. He holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California Berkeley, where his research focused on sharks. His current fieldwork utilizes data collected through . . . → Read More: Honor Your Heroes
By Dr. M, on  April 16th, 2013  2 comments  Abyss, Biology, Organisms, Scientist!, Sharks  deep sea, Jaguar Shark, life aquatic, species, species description, Steve Zissou, taxnomy We asked Dr. Douglas J. Long, Senior Curator of Natural Sciences at the Oakland Museum of California to guest post with DSN. Please welcome him in the comments below. He holds a PhD in Integrative Biology from the University of California Berkeley, where his research focused on sharks. His current fieldwork utilizes data collected through . . . → Read More: Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban
By Dr. M, on April 10th, 2013 4 comments Life of Science, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment, Weird faculty, Research Vessel, steal, tenure, thief David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a website dedicated to publishing blog posts and features on marine science. We’ve asked David to guest post for us here at DSN. Enjoy! Disclaimer: not everything in the . . . → Read More: Underfunded academic, seeking tenure, attempts to steal research ship
By Alex Warneke, on April 2nd, 2013 3 comments Life of Science, Music, Scientist!, Uncategorized Music Video, NOW! DSN EDITION 
Put your tentacles up and raise the sea level. It’s finally here! Compiling the Ocean’s Saltiest Hits, NOW That’s What I Call Music! DSN EDITION brings you 15 chart topping ocean science mash-ups. From School House Rock to LMFAO, salt marshes to coral reefs, these biologists drop their science with a whole sea full . . . → Read More: NOW That’s What I Call Music! DSN Edition
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a website dedicated to publishing blog posts and features on marine science. We’ve asked David to guest post for us here at DSN. Enjoy! So, Republicans and Democrats entered . . . → Read More: Ways for marine scientists to save money and beat the budget sequester
By Dr Bik, on March 16th, 2013 5 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist! altmetrics, ciatations, fisheries, peer review I loves me some metrics. That’s why I’m addicted to this new PLoS ONE paper, published by Trevor Branch at the University of Washington. Also, because Figure 1 is a Wordle: “Word clouds showing the relative frequency of words (A) in Worm et al. [7], (B) in the press release associated with Worm et al., . . . → Read More: Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper.
By Dr. Martini, on March 7th, 2013 2 comments Climate Change, Education, Scientist! climate change, peer review, Rap, scientists What happens when non-scientists continually distort the facts on climate change? Climate scientists fight back with this amazing angry rap video! Featuring real climate scientists talking about real science. They even rap about peer review. And they even call out other scientists for letting others put words in their mouth. I heart this SO HARD. . . . → Read More: Hell yeah! “I’m a climate scientist” An epic rap.
By Dr Bik, on March 7th, 2013 Leave a comment Pictures and Movies, Reviews, Scientist! Colbert Report, gonads, Maine, Reproduction, scallops, shellfish This hilarious clip has been making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter these past few days – I was dying with laughter when I watched. Getting on the Colbert Report is one of my long-term career goals (not joking), so if there are any writers reading this, we are willing and waiting! Skylar Bayer is . . . → Read More: The Enemy Within – Dr. Skylar Bayer on the Colbert Report
Loving this post on this early Monday morning. H/T to Michelle Candidate Evaluation: The candidate must have a PhD from an institution where ivy grows up the sides of old historic buildings and 5-10 years of postdoctoral experience with all the world-experts in their chosen research area. The successful candidate will have published every experiment . . . → Read More: The truth behind that job advertisement for a professorship
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