Changing the Culture of Ocean Science: a DSN core value
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By , on November 16th, 2011 24 comments   Open Access, Scientist!, Uncategorized   , , , ,  

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

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Scientists, what’s YOUR story?
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By , on February 17th, 2011 5 comments   Scientist!   , , ,  

If there’s one thing I learned at ScienceOnline2011 (a gathering of journalists, writers, and scientists), it’s that science communicators should tell stories, not just facts. Us scientists sometimes have blinders on—facts are what we need, want, and crave. A ‘gut feeling’ certainly won’t pass peer review. But oftentimes it is a gut feeling that leads . . . → Read More: Scientists, what’s YOUR story?

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The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.com
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By , on January 19th, 2011 Leave a comment   Carnivals & Link Love, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms, Scientist!   , , , , , ,  

Check out my new article on Wired. For fun you may want to check out the comments. We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. A quarter of all mammals face extinction, and 90 percent of the largest ocean fish are gone. Species are going extinct at rates equaled only five times in the history . . . → Read More: The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.com

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Reflections on the Johnson Sea-link: Dr. Kellogg
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By , on June 1st, 2009 4 comments   Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , ,  

We’re collecting stories from researchers who worked with the Johnson Sea-link submersibles to help raise awareness about their plight, and to illustrate their unique utility for science. Dr. Christina Kellogg is a microbiologist with the USGS. She used the JSL to collect deep-sea microbes in a way that’s never been done before. To counterpoint Dr. . . . → Read More: Reflections on the Johnson Sea-link: Dr. Kellogg

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So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?
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By , on March 2nd, 2009 28 comments   Education, New Research, Scientist!, Uncategorized   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

In the past, a few readers, interns, random undergraduates, and a curious public have asked all three of us here at DSN “How do you become a deep-sea biologist?” I write this from the perspective of obtaining a Ph.d. in marine biology and I am assuming the reader wants to go for a Ph.d. as . . . → Read More: So You Want to Be A Deep-Sea Biologist?

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