Fiat lux Being a total dick on the web is easy. From the safe (and relatively anonymous) confines of your bedroom, place of work, mother’s basement, or Starbucks, and armed only with Internet access and the 1st Amendment, everyone can be a critic. Our brave new online world has given anyone with a keyboard a . . . → Read More: Awareness Through Scrutiny, Not Negativity: A DSN Core Value
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By RickMac, on  February 1st, 2012  8 comments  Bringin' It, Editor's Desk, Opinion, Ramblings, Scientist!  Climate Contrarianism, core values, Deeplings, Gulf Oil Spill, iron fertilization, Planktos, Scientist/Journalist, Scrutiny, tainted seafood Kevin’s I Am Science is quite frankly one of the most beautiful and best posts ever posted at Deep-Sea News. If you haven’t read it, do it now and prepared to be moved. His call to the community on Twitter received a ground swell of response from across science about the unusual, humorous, and sometimes tragic paths that have . . . → Read More: I Am Science
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 30th, 2012 8 comments Life At Sea, Megavertebrate, Scientist! acoustic, Alexis Rudd, dolphins, graduate school, hawaii This is a guest post from Alexis Rudd, who is a doctoral student at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on the island of O’ahu. Her research uses sound to study the distribution and behavior of dolphins and whales in Hawaii, in partnership with Young Brothers interisland shipping company. It seems as though most people . . . → Read More: Guest Post: True Confessions of a Dolphin-Loving Marine Biologist
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 27th, 2012 51 comments Scientist! #IamScience, academia, Janet Stemwedel, Mireya Mayor, Personal Stories, stereotypes, twitter Magical things can happen when you enthusiastically open your mouth on the internet. One of these magical things is learning how personal experience shapes people’s lives. Looking into others causes you to look into yourself. And then something really magical happens – we learn we are not alone. Among our unique, personal experiences lies a . . . → Read More: #IamScience: Embracing Personal Experience on Our Rise Through Science
By Dr. M, on January 22nd, 2012 Leave a comment Life At Sea, Ramblings, Scientist!, Uncategorized badges, merit badges, scouts I had forgotten about the Order of the Science Scouts of the Exemplary Repute and Above Average Physique. Stickers in our swag bags at Science Online quickly brought this back to my attention. Below is a list of my current badges and the activities I have participated in to achieve them. Members are: not opposed to . . . → Read More: Dr. M’s Merit Badges for the Order Of The Science Scouts
By Dr Bik, on January 12th, 2012 5 comments Climate Change, Scientist! climate change, global warming, Jane Lubchenco, NOAA, ocean, Public, Science Communication, UC Davis My second week at UC Davis, and I’ve already met Jane Lubchenco. Last night the NOAA administrator gave a public lecture to a packed auditorium here on campus. Although her talk wasn’t particularly beefy, I captured a few interesting tidbits: It was refreshing to hear a government official state her steadfast optimism, and urge scientists . . . → Read More: Jane Lubchenco’s message to scientists
By Archie Teuthis, on December 30th, 2011 Leave a comment Geology, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls AGU, American Geophysical Union, Book, chemosynthesis, Colin Schultz, Hydrothermal Vents, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, minerals, Seafloor Spreading, Spreading Center, TAG, Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 188, 2010. Editor’s Note: The following interview was conducted by Colin Schultz for American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) member publication Eos. AGU and Colin have been kind enough to let Deep Sea News reprint the interview for our readers! Peter Rona is a legend in hydrothermal vent research. Colin Schultz, Diversity of . . . → Read More: GUEST INTERVIEW: Peter Rona on the Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
By Dr Bik, on November 24th, 2011 2 comments Bringin' It, Scientist! marine scientists, Massachusetts, Pilgrims, Thanksgiving Right now, my stomach is rumbling as the delicious scent of my roasted nut loaf wafts in from the kitchen (yes, I’m one of THOSE–although ironically, as the only vegetarian in the family I am forced to concoct a creamy, meaty gravy from turkey drippings every year since I apparently “do it best”). Being from . . . → Read More: The Pilgrims were obviously Marine Scientists
By Dr Bik, on November 16th, 2011 24 comments Open Access, Opinion, Scientist!, Uncategorized core values, culture of science, DSN mission, Open Access, Scientist! Glamour magazine, where the HELL are female scientists in your annual “women of the year” awards? Year after year, you honor female actresses, fashion designers, politicians, activists, athletes and models. You bestow awards on some truly amazing people, who have made it their life’s work to change the world and spread messages of peace, hope, . . . → Read More: Changing the Culture of Ocean Science: a DSN core value
By Miriam Goldstein, on November 14th, 2011 One comment Opinion, Scientist! advice, career, graduate school, Marine Biologist, undergraduates When I wrote my So You Want to Be a Marine Biologist post yesterday, I had totally forgotten about Dr. M’s excellent take on more or less the same issue. It’s especially embarrassing since apparently I both commented and linked to it from my old blog. Sorry, Craigie M. His post, entitled So You Want to Be . . . → Read More: Repost: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist
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