In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awful, awing (inspiring awe…
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Everybody Loves Cephalopods
And Boing Boing’s science editor Maggie Koerth-Baker tells us why in a videocast!
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Feed a fish a fish, it eats for a day; Teach a fish to fish, it eats forever. That basically seems to be the crux…
View More What’s Eating You?From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and Fisheries
Anthropogenic climate change has been hypothesized for centuries (discussed in Le Treut 2007) before the careful measurements of scientists in the mid-20th century. From 1833…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: The Grand Challenge of Ocean Acidification and FisheriesBIG WHALE PENISES & THEIR THREESOMES!
OK, I think that outta bring in the hits! Or get me fired… Check out this great post from Scicurious Friday Weird Science: The Magnificent…
View More BIG WHALE PENISES & THEIR THREESOMES!Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Diatoms and X-ray Whosamagidgets
In a recent paper, de Jonge et al used x-ray fluorescence tomography to give us a new perspective on how diatoms put together those phenomenally…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Diatoms and X-ray WhosamagidgetsPaul the Octopus Memorial
See the memorial at BBC. Paul the Octopus was a good cephalopod gifted with an amazing ability. He will be sorely missed by both Germans…
View More Paul the Octopus MemorialBiodiversity crisis-a call to arms for scientists?
Dr. M’s article in Wired truly stirred something in me this morning. We need to put names on things. I’m a scientist who has always…
View More Biodiversity crisis-a call to arms for scientists?The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.com
Check out my new article on Wired. For fun you may want to check out the comments. We are currently in a biodiversity crisis. A…
View More The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species | Wired Science | Wired.comMost Epic Tattoo Ever
Hmmmm….I really don’t know what to say. Via reddit
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