Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches
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By , on May 17th, 2012 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Microbes, Organisms, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , ,  

California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined for (a climate which finally meets my minimum temperature preference of 90F), but I also have leaped into to an entirely new scientific world. I think I’m becoming a microbiologist. . . . → Read More: Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches

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Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky
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By , on August 12th, 2009 Leave a comment   Nautical Terms and Phrases   , , , , ,  

To be irritable. “Dr. M. is cranky because it is before 10AM and he has not had coffee” From Brian Berlin…“Possibly from the Dutch krengd, a crank was an unstable sailing vessel. Due to a faulty design, the imbalance of her cargo, or a lack of ballast, a crank would heel too far to the . . . → Read More: Wednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Cranky

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Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion
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By , on June 30th, 2008 6 comments   Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Dr. Maria Pia Miglietta, a postdoc in my lab at Penn State, just published a fascinating paper on a “silent invasion” happening around the world’s oceans in the journal Biological Invasions. Those may look like tentacles, but in reality they are the nunchuks of rapid expansion of a stealthy marine invasion. Intonjutsu: Cheating Death In . . . → Read More: Hydromedusa Mounts Ninja Style Invasion

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