When does an analogy become useless? How about when it’s less exaggerated than the actual facts being analogized? Take the oft-used “needle in a haystack”…
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A day at the beach with a pair of Oarfish
When I think of vacations to Mexico, I think margaritas and lounging at the beach. But last month in Baja California, this group of tourists…
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The Floating Rocks of the South Pacific
In the South Pacific world building occurs every day. From beneath the ocean’s depths active submarine volcanoes eject molten lava and sulfuric gases well above…
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I’ve been waiting 16 years to know: what is the ocean dandelion?
I was 12 when I first saw an “ocean dandelion,” and I wish I’d known then how strange these animals truly are. I was…
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TGIF: Seaweed Shop
A couple months back, I introduced the beginnings of an epic collaboration known as Bio Logik. Bio Logik is the deeper understanding of Biology and…
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Scientist discovers bizarre new deep sea ecosystem, created by disaster
It makes me smile to think that, even after being lost at sea, a sunken ship can still be a symbol of hope. According to…
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The most beautiful animal you've never seen
When I first saw a sea sapphire I thought I was hallucinating. The day had been anything but normal, but this part will always stand…
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Wood Falls, Chemicals, & Dubstep
I’ve gotten a little crazy about wood falls lately. My newest research project with Jim Barry at MBARI is definitely coolest research I have ever…
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Whale shark slaughterhouse exposed in China
Conservation NGO WildLifeRisk has put out a press release describing a slaughterhouse for sharks in China’s Zhejiang province. Shark processing is nothing new, and can…
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The question you should have asked about Fukushima, but probably didn’t.
The 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear fiasco was a disaster that is still affecting Japan. But it also raised an onslaught of questions about the potential…
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