TGIF: A sky like ocean waves
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By , on May 6th, 2011 One comment   Art   , ,  

El Cielo de Canarias / Canary sky – Tenerife from Daniel López on Vimeo. Via Metafilter

The Dark Side of Male Pregnancy
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By , on March 19th, 2010 Leave a comment   Adaptations, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Pictures and Movies   , , , , , ,  

Nicely narrated by Henry Gee! See the paper here: Paczolt KA, Jones AG (2010) Post-copulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in the evolution of male pregnancy. Nature 464:401-404. doi:10.1038/nature08861

Rotting Lamprey Implications
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By , on February 3rd, 2010 2 comments   New Research, Paleobiology   , , , , ,  

This video from Nature Video Channel on Youtube is complimentary to a recent study showing “… that certain body features rot away before others – and that the bits that are first to go are the most useful to palaeontologists. This decay bias makes it much more difficult to distinguish them from their ancestors . . . → Read More: Rotting Lamprey Implications

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To Blog or Not To Blog
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By , on July 10th, 2009 3 comments   Conferences, Open Access, Opinion & Editorial, Reviews   , , , , ,  

Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in Nature says “not only is that a bad idea, but it should just be disregarded.” Nature has made the case that blogging by researchers is good. Critical discussion of worthy . . . → Read More: To Blog or Not To Blog

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