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Paul the Psychic Octopus

By Dr Bik, on July 17th, 2010%

I have to post about this so that I can get it out of my system. Has anyone else been obsessed with “Paul the psychic octopus”? It’s the only reason I paid any attention to the World Cup hoopla (no offence to the football/soccer fans). I don’t think I watched any actual games during . . . → Read More: Paul the Psychic Octopus

20,000 Leagues Under The Shower

By Dr. M, on July 5th, 2010%

The perfect shower curtain to display your . . . → Read More: 20,000 Leagues Under The Shower

Friday Silliness: Nicholas Cage thinks fish sex is dignifed; is wrong

By Miriam, on June 18th, 2010%

Nicholas Cage chooses the animals he eats based on how they have sex:
I think fish are very dignified with sex. So are birds. But pigs, not so much. So I don’t eat pig meat or things like that. I eat fish and fowl.
Clearly Cage has never seen a spawning aggregation (video below). I can’t . . . → Read More: Friday Silliness: Nicholas Cage thinks fish sex is dignifed; is wrong

Isopocalypse 2010: Giant Isopods Storm the Internets

By Dr. M, on April 1st, 2010%

Across the internets a craze is sweeping. We here at DSN are calling it Isopocalypse 2010 (stay up to date using the Twitter hashtag #isopocalypse2010). Things got so crazy over the last two days with giant isopods that in my excitement I forgot what year it was and used #isopocalypse2011 hashtag this morning
It all started on . . . → Read More: Isopocalypse 2010: Giant Isopods Storm the Internets

Alpaca Surfing. Because We Can?

By Kevin Zelnio, on March 22nd, 2010%

Hat tip to The . . . → Read More: Alpaca Surfing. Because We Can?

Say Hello to My Little Friend

By Kevin Zelnio, on March 14th, 2010%

What looks like a worm, is completely symmetrical in cross-section, and in the words of Dr. Peter Holland:
“It has no mouth, no gut, no brain and no nerve cord. It doesn’t have a left or right side or a top or bottom – we can’t even tell which end is the front!” (quoted from Physorg)
Its the . . . → Read More: Say Hello to My Little Friend

Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp

By Kevin Zelnio, on March 12th, 2010%

Isopods, you know them as those adorable little roly-poly bugs under rocks in the forest or the gigantic Bathynomus of the deep sea. They are also those cute and cuddly parasites in the gill chamber of shrimp too! Awww, How special! In a recent issue of JMBA-UK, Calado et al. describe how these fuzzy wittle darlings . . . → Read More: Isopods Cause Reproductive Death in Shrimp

Miriam Warns of Diving with Jewelry in Ocean Story Slam!

By Kevin Zelnio, on March 7th, 2010%

Our own Miriam G took home gold in Southern Fried Science’s Ocean Story Slam! Here was her entry. Check out the other Ocean Story Slams . . . → Read More: Miriam Warns of Diving with Jewelry in Ocean Story Slam!

Escape from Dubai Shopping Mall: Shark Edition

By Miriam, on February 28th, 2010%

Gizmodo reports that Dubai’s 2 million gallon shark tank sprung a leak. Check out the video:

But to me, the weirdest part of this is that the giant tank was in a shopping mall. Does seeing giant hungry sharks make people think of the way of all flesh, and thus buy expensive handbags? All it would make . . . → Read More: Escape from Dubai Shopping Mall: Shark Edition