Sure, the purpose of scientific names is to provide taxonomic clarity, but some of them just sound awesome. This post was inspired by the Australian…
View More What are your favorite scientific names?Author: Miriam Goldstein
Are crawfish really lobster?
The New York media is all aflame over a shocking discovery at local institution Zabar’s. Zabar’s, an Upper West Side gourmet grocery store is justly…
View More Are crawfish really lobster?Flight of the Argonauts
In my last post about my voyage on from Hawaii to California this summer, Wil asked what it was like to be at sea for…
View More Flight of the ArgonautsNever seen a sailor we couldn’t lick
Most of the DSN team has also never seen a sailor that we couldn’t lick. Salty! Via GRP & Comically Vintage.
View More Never seen a sailor we couldn’t lickWhy you should wash your damn spoon
Poster by Max Temkin, via Grist.
View More Why you should wash your damn spoonCan science be crowdfunded?
Science costs money. No matter how clever we are – and trust me, as a graduate student, I have made scientific equipment by combining salvaged…
View More Can science be crowdfunded?End of the weekend miscellany
In honor of Shark Week, a helpful illustrated list of Things That Kill More People Than Sharks. Number four is HIPPOS. I would totally watch…
View More End of the weekend miscellanyBack from the sea
Hi internet! I just spent the month of July sailing (yes! sailing!) from Honolulu to San Francisco aboard Sea Education Association’s vessel SSV Robert C.…
View More Back from the seaTGIF: Anchors are just as fun!
From the ever-entertaining comic Married to the Sea.
View More TGIF: Anchors are just as fun!Charismatic megafauna off La Jolla
In preparation for a scientific cruise this summer, I’ve been testing my zooplankton collection and incubation equipment. So I’ve gotten to go out in a…
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