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Is the sea floor littered with dead animals due to radiation? No.

Recently we at Deep-Sea News have tried to combat misinformation about the presence of high levels of Fukushima radiation and its impact on marine organisms…

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Where The Wild Things Are

RickMac December 11, 2013 Culling policy shark attacks Western Australia

“I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.” That’s my honest reaction after reading news of Western Australia’s plan to reduce fatal shark attacks through the…

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TGIF: Emoji Dick

Holly Bik November 15, 2013 Books call me ishmael emoticons Moby Dick whales

This is either the awesomeest or stupidest thing ever: Emoji Dick is a crowd sourced and crowd funded translation of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick into Japanese…

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A Deepling Halloween

Alex Warneke October 31, 2013 halloween

Warning: When trick or treating by the DSN lair this Halloween…..Beware of our Kraken.

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Accidental Parasite Week continues: the Oarfish edition

Alistair Dove October 29, 2013 oarfish parasites

We didn’t mean to make this week all about parasites, honest. It just happened that way. Rebecca wrote a thing, and then I – being…

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I’ll see your horrifying crab barnacle and raise you a heart eel

Alistair Dove October 27, 2013 bizarre eels mako sharks parasites

This was originally posted at alistairdove.com June 21, 2010. To see another bizarre parasitic relationship, check out Rebecca Helm’s recent piece on the marvelous world…

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Lessons From Creating an Online Outreach Empire

Dr. M October 16, 2013 academia branding core values culture deficit models Education fitness ivory tower Meme mission statement narrative outreach Science social media stories tenure viral

Lessons From Creating an Online Outreach Empire from Craig McClain Last Friday I delivered a preliminary talk on the opening night of ScienceOnline Oceans. I…

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LOL Ocean Giants

Dr. M September 27, 2013 Elephant Seal Giant Clam Great White internet meme know your meme LOLcat motivational poster shark

As part of Sizing Ocean Giants, I asked students last week to generate LOLCat style memes for their study organisms. The Rules: It must include…

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Bards of the Brine

Alex Warneke September 24, 2013 Bards Dayton Scientific Writing

Recently, I have been romping around in Thesisland. This may sound similar to Candyland. I assure you, it is not, though there are some resemblances.…

Pelagic Special

Forget 5 o’clock…

Alistair Dove September 10, 2013 beer cocktails Mexico tequila whale sharks

“Come to Mexico…” muttered Craig, droplets of sweat lining up to swan-dive off the tip of his nose like nervous kids at the diving platform,…

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