Loving this post on this early Monday morning. H/T to Michelle Candidate Evaluation: The candidate must have a PhD from an institution where ivy grows up the…
View More The truth behind that job advertisement for a professorshipCategory: Special
Mysterious Mobula mass mortality
From the Italian news site La Repubblica comes this disturbing story (with 15 graphic pictures) of a mass stranding of “manta” rays on a beach…
View More Mysterious Mobula mass mortalityThis 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 ThingsWhat is the true size of Colossal Squid?
No doubt you have seen the Amazing Ocean Facts circulating around the web. It seems to be drawing renewed interest even though it cam out…
View More What is the true size of Colossal Squid?Because 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 LoomingsWhale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?
The bubbles around me clear and as I regain my visibility my first thought is how wide is the mouth coming for me. Five feet?…
View More Whale Sharks and Giant Squids: Big or Bu!!$hit?She 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