*Ed. Note: Al’s post was selected by the staff at PLoS One as the April Blog Pick of the Month! Awesome Job Al! – KAZ…
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Month: April 2011
TGIF: Glasswork from Dale Chihuly
Gorgeous photos of Dale Chihuly’s glasswork, taken by the ever-awesome Boston teacher/travel blogger/my college friend Lillie. Chihuly’s work looks very marine-life-inspired to me – three…
View More TGIF: Glasswork from Dale ChihulyIf the BP oil spill hadn’t happened…
If the BP oil spill hadn’t happened, where would the oil have gone? This short animation by Chris Harmon gives a sense of the vast…
View More If the BP oil spill hadn’t happened…Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS of high-throughput sequencing. Frankly, I’m a…
View More Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceansPardon Me If I Don’t Start Celebrating
I’m tired of hearing people say the oil spill isn’t is bad as it could been or we thought it would be. “A lot of…
View More Pardon Me If I Don’t Start CelebratingScuba Diving = Crappy Vessels?
If you scuba dive, you may already have heard of Nitrox. To breath underwater, most divers use a normal atmospheric air mixture (21% oxygen, 78%…
View More Scuba Diving = Crappy Vessels?Blue Urbanism
At Design Observer there is nice essay urging us to reconsider how we approach urban planning. As planners and designers, we need to take up…
View More Blue UrbanismSharks, The News Cycle, And The Madness of Mobs
My life for the past few months has been all about sharks. Mind you, I’m not complaining. A confluence of opportunities has me building…
View More Sharks, The News Cycle, And The Madness of MobsTGIF: In honor of Earth Day
It’s Earth Day! Please appreciate this eloquent video highlighting the glories of our beautiful planet: “F@ck Planet Earth.” (Strong language, OBVIOUSLY!)
View More TGIF: In honor of Earth DaySome Aussie fish I have known
In honour of a current visit to the ancestral homeland (Australia), I thought I’d share some fish species Aussies (from the southern states at least)…
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