Osedax worms, or the ‘bone eating’ worms are little soft sacks resembling snotty little flowers. The “bone devourer” is not quite accurate as the worms…
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The Video of Giant Isopods Eating an Alligator in the Deep Sea You Must Watch!
You may not realize it but the video below is the video you never knew you needed. But yeah you need it. The video is…
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What Are Your Research Group’s Scientific Core Values?
At institutional level a mission statement and set of core values are important to drive decisions and growth. As I have worked with an amazing…
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Can you afford to be a marine biologist? Or a scientist?
The early years 1. Could your parents afford to live on the good side of town? The one with the right schools? Did they send…
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Let’s Kill the GRE
Photo: Cpl. Jo Jones [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Background Most of you are probably aware of the GRE or Graduate Record Examination. Those…
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Tipping Points, For-Profit Scientific Publishing, and Closed Science
Was there a tipping point? When had this all started? This uncomfortable sensation in my gut. This nagging thing rolling around inside my head. It…
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Wooden Homes on the Seafloor Yield Insights Into the Impacts of Climate Change
Nearly two miles below the ocean’s surface, we are building new worlds. You might be surprised that these ecospheres are wooden—little log cabins hosting a…
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10 Things Science, Science Communication, and Just Maybe All of Academia Needs
On the heals of being inspired at #scifoo at GoogleX, I’m a little fired up. Monday morning at the American Library Association meeting–after flight delays,…
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New Research Reveals How to Easily Grow Jellyfish In Captivity
For more updates on my research, follow along at jellybiologist.com, or on twitter @RebeccaRHelm As a scientist, I love jellyfish, and I suffer for it. Up…
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Will Tweeting About Your Research Paper Get You More Citations? Meh.
Currently, one of the most pressing questions in science communication is what impact does participating in these kind of activities have on individual scientists. These…
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