Hello hello. I thought I’d introduce myself as one of the newest members of the DSN crew. I’m an assistant professor at UMass Boston studying…
View More Salty Introduction: Jarrett ByrnesCategory: The Basics
Calibrating Your Internet BS Sensors in 9 Easy Steps
Friends, Americans, country people, lend me your ears. You need to get your respective s#%@ together. Both my right and left leaning friends have bombarded my…
View More Calibrating Your Internet BS Sensors in 9 Easy StepsTop 20 Frequently Asked Questions of Marine Scientists
Here at DSN we strive to inspire the next generation of mini-deeplings. Ultimately, we want you to want you to be like us. Perhaps not…
View More Top 20 Frequently Asked Questions of Marine ScientistsDon’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePants
At some point someone had sent me this video as a joke – according the SpongeBob SquarePants, this is what nematodes do in the deep…
View More Don’t try to learn marine taxonomy from SpongeBob SquarePantsThis Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Why is it that we seem to have moved away from celebrating images like the one above left (a big game hunter posing over a…
View More This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice ThingsBecause you’re mine, we walk the line
I’ve been cloistered in the suburbs of Shanghai these past three days, visiting family and listening to fireworks explode outside the window as we count…
View More Because you’re mine, we walk the lineHasta la proxima, Kevin
As Kevin moves on to snowier pastures, I want to offer a different perspective on his contributions to DSN and the world of science. In…
View More Hasta la proxima, KevinLoomings
It’s raining tonight in my heart as I dwell on the thought that Kevin is cleaning-out his desk here at Deep Sea News. My colleague,…
View More LoomingsShe inspires me and takes my shoe advice
I’ve kept my words short here because I feel like words will always be inadequate. I met Miriam a full 6 months after we had…
View More She inspires me and takes my shoe adviceA field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversity
After I successfully defended my Ph.D., and as I and packed up my belongings to move across the country for a new job (more on…
View More A field guide to privilege in marine science: some reasons why we lack diversity