On the 15th, I reported about the recently sequenced genome of R. magnifica. One of the coauthors is not pleased with the papers outcome. Actually,…
View More Genome For An Endosymbiont WoesCategory: Life of Science
Is That a Blind Crab in Your Pocket?
From stuff.co.nz… Nothing gets National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research scientist Kareen Schnabel’s pulse racing quite like deep-sea crustaceans. Oddly creatures of the deep…
View More Is That a Blind Crab in Your Pocket?Just Out of Sight
[Note from Craig: The following is by a close friend and colleague, Jeff Nekola. I invited Jeff along for a day out at sea. I…
View More Just Out of SightPublic Release of Ocean Priorities Plan
Tomorrow (Jan 26) will see the public release of Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade: An Ocean…
View More Public Release of Ocean Priorities PlanFish Are Still Screwed
“Industrialized fishing is the driving force in the depletion of biodiversity in our oceans…Oceans have been exempt from rules that are so natural to us…
View More Fish Are Still ScrewedOde to the Great Taxonomists
New York Times is running a nice article called “Old Men and The Sea” about two remarkable marine biologists that passed this year, Drs. Cadet…
View More Ode to the Great TaxonomistsStanding Up for Science
An article called “Science 2006” (SEED Magazine, November 2006) discusses a group called Science and Engineers for America that is making important headway in Washington.…
View More Standing Up for ScienceMarie Tharpe
Frank A. brought my attention to this video on Marie Tharpe at the New York Times. Other scientists dismissed her work as “girl talk,” but…
View More Marie TharpeI Wanna Be a Pirate
Everyone is going on about being a crazy historical figure but I want to be a pirate! What kind of pirate am I? You decide!You…
View More I Wanna Be a PirateAnd Females Shall Rule the Deep Pt. 2
The Scientist has a great write up about deep-sea biologists Victoria Orphan and Shana Goffredi. Victoria Orphan wanted to be a marine biologist ever since…
View More And Females Shall Rule the Deep Pt. 2