A new National Geographic special on building the world’s largest cruise ship. While I am not much of a fan of cruise ships, ship-building and…
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Behold the Rimicanoe!
Southern Fried Scientist has finally posted our latest creation. Those follow @sfriedscientist and @kzelnio on twitter may have heard us mention Project S. It is…
View More Behold the Rimicanoe!Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification
The deep-sea sponge Monorhaphis chuni (Hexactinellida) has the world’s largest known biosilica structure! A silicate spicule that can grow up to 3 meters long. That’s…
View More Huge Silicate Sponge Spicules and the Evolution of Calcification“Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”
A fantastic KQED QUEST video on jellies starring Chad Widmer of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Steve Haddock of MBARI! QUEST on KQED Public Media.
View More “Jellies Are As Elegant As They Are Squishy”“Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill Special
Gulf Oil Spill airs on NGC Thursday, May 27 at 10PM ET/PT National Geographic Channel is airing what promises to be an epic recount of…
View More “Like Looking into the Face of the Devil” – National Geographic Oil Spill SpecialResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of Cooperation
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I tackle a paper that was recently blogged about on ResearchBlogging.org. This week, Razib picked out a paper…
View More ResearchBlogCast #7: New Model of CooperationHow the Male Anglerfish Got Totally Screwed
Brilliant piece from The Oatmeal. Click to enter the the life of the male anglerfish.
View More How the Male Anglerfish Got Totally ScrewedThe Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)
An occasional series where I briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- How could not think of the colossal…
View More The Tide Pool: Slow Colossal Squid?, Lantern Shark’s Light Switch, Longer is Faster (in Sperm)‘Ocean Explorer 3000’ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!
The folks over at Tugboat Printshop have put together a 22-woodcut series themed “The Deep Blue Sea”. The woodcuts are truly one-of-a-kind and imaginative! I…
View More ‘Ocean Explorer 3000’ and Other Beautiful Nautical Woodcuts!ResearchBlogCast #6: Bullying and Emotional Intelligence
Each week Razib Khan, Dave Munger and I discuss an article that was recently blogged on at ResearchBlogging.org. I was on vacation this last weekend…
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