When I first learned about rhizocephalan barnacles I lost my appetite. I was taking a parasitology course, and even though I’d developed a thick skin, something…
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I Got Wood
I will be noticeably absent here for the next few weeks as I head out to sea to collect woodfall communities at the appropriately…
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Hi, guys! We are a team of five undergrads at Duke working together to spread the science of body size! We are led by…
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Zombie Coral Apocalypse
This past week I had the pleasure of listening to Kate Furby (@seakaterun) from Scripps Institute of Oceanography talk about her research on the Zombie…
View More Zombie Coral ApocalypseM31: Livin’ the Life Aquatic
As some of you may or may not know, starting November 12th I will be joining the team of Mission 31. This historic expedition, lead…
View More M31: Livin’ the Life AquaticJelly killing machine tested in Korea
I hate watching jellies suffer, and this is my personal version of Hell: These killing machines are called the Jellyfish Elimination Robotic Swarm, or JEROS,…
View More Jelly killing machine tested in KoreaTop 10 Reasons I Love Crystal Meth(ane)
How to celebrate (lament!) the end of Breaking Bad? That’s right, a tribute post with the top 10 reasons I love Crysal Meth(ane). Yo Bitch, let’s…
View More Top 10 Reasons I Love Crystal Meth(ane)Sometimes you just gotta punch deep-sea squid with a toilet brush
Nothing makes my day like scientists attaching a toilet bowl cleaner to an ROV in order to prank some squid. Watch them scare the crap…
View More Sometimes you just gotta punch deep-sea squid with a toilet brushVideo: catching a killer jelly
One recent Friday morning I received an email that started like this: Dear MBL-ers For your information we can confirm that specimens of Portuguese man o’ wars…
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Martini’s Law: A malady of gases
Some know it as the “Rapture of the Deep,” others simply as, “being Narced,” but in my experience the most relevant nomenclature thus proposed for…
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