Happy World Oceans Day folks! The theme for this years WOD is “We all have the power to protect the oceans” and there are events…
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Building Spanish Galleons 101
Ever dreamed of owning your own ship? Sail the seven seas? Pillage? Adventure? Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, boldly…
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Dear Abby, It’s just not fair. There I was, a freshly produced sand tiger shark embryo, developing nicely and making my way down the ovarian…
View More It’s not uterUS, it’s uterMEIs this Polar Pod genius or just plain insanity?
People come up with all sorts of wacky ideas to explore the oceans. And here is another one of those ideas. Meet the Polar Pod,…
View More Is this Polar Pod genius or just plain insanity?Break through 2 months of Antarctic sea ice in 5 minutes
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…
View More Break through 2 months of Antarctic sea ice in 5 minutesNew field blog: Imaging the Arctic
Art and science. Their paths don’t always cross, but when they do the results can be absolutely stunning. And this is exactly why I am…
View More New field blog: Imaging the ArcticQuick! 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.Disposable Penises in Ten Hundred Most Used Words
There is not much to add to the whole story on disposable penises after Ed Yong wrote about it. So being a big fan of…
View More Disposable Penises in Ten Hundred Most Used WordsEndemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea
Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in…
View More Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep SeaIs Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine…
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