Love, love, love, love this video. Marine scientist Cassandra Brooks strapped a camera to the front of NSF’s icebreaker the Nathaniel B. Palmer as it…
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Outreach, the academic formula, and the need for critical examination
COMPASS recently published a commentary in PLOS Biology on the journey from science outreach to meaningful engagement. This post attempts to synthesize a series of reactions, reflections, and…
View More Outreach, the academic formula, and the need for critical examinationA New Stereomicroscope for $440?
Can you smell that? Despite being spring it smells just a little less green. Indeed, there is a little less green around me. Sure the…
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Science is defined by expertise. We researchers are constantly trying to expand our own knowledge, or collaborate with those who can contribute the necessary skills. Unfortunately,…
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Honor Your Heroes
The widely-distributed but completely unattributed quote “great scientists are born, not made” is only partly true. Without role models, guidance, and educational opportunities, someone born…
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Not Quite the Shark that ate Esteban
It’s part of the deal that if you describe a new species, you get to give it a scientific name. That’s one of the perks…
View More Not Quite the Shark that ate EstebanQuick! Someone call the Fashion Police.
We have a fashion emergency. White after labor day? No. Horizontal stripes? Not exactly. Wardrobe malfunction? Definitely No. Too much skin showing at the Grammys…
View More Quick! Someone call the Fashion Police.Underfunded academic, seeking tenure, attempts to steal research ship
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean, a…
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NOW That’s What I Call Music! DSN Edition
Put your tentacles up and raise the sea level. It’s finally here! Compiling the Ocean’s Saltiest Hits, NOW That’s What I Call Music! DSN EDITION brings…
View More NOW That’s What I Call Music! DSN EditionWays for marine scientists to save money and beat the budget sequester
David Aldridge is a phytoplankton-loving marine biology PhD student at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Also the founder and editor of Words in mOcean,…
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