In the tradition of Internet adages, I’d like to add another. In any discussion of sea life, no matter how rare, strange or disgusting, some…
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Gorton’s Law
In the tradition of Internet adages, I’d like to add another. In any discussion of sea life, no matter how rare, strange or disgusting, some…
View More Gorton’s LawBrine Pools
Laser line scan mosaic of a pool of brine surrounded by mussels at a depth of 700 meters in the Gulf of Mexico. From here.…
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From MBARI: This is a worm? This photograph of the newly named worm shows its mouth, which typically faces downward as the animal drifts about…
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A great response from the readers to last week’s Pose a Question post. Here are some answers. Jim inquires, “What’s the current take on a…
View More You Ask, I AnswerThe '10 weird things about me'…the meme.
Tagged by the meme from Adventures in Ethics and Science and Retrospectacle… I have OCD tendencies. All the hangers in my closet have to be…
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Tagged by the meme from Adventures in Ethics and Science and Retrospectacle… I have OCD tendencies. All the hangers in my closet have to be…
View More The ’10 weird things about me’…the meme.How Did That Get There?
An expedition to reveal the secrets of a mysterious huge hole at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean started overnight.
View More How Did That Get There?Wine and Whales
Every since I worked at wine merchant in Natick, MA to pay for my tiny apartment during graduate school, I have enjoyed Italian wines. My…
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In celebration of IPY, the Canadian Post has released a set of stamps (above). One of these is the polar, deep-sea jellyfish, Crossota millsaeare. The…
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