In preparation for a scientific cruise this summer, I’ve been testing my zooplankton collection and incubation equipment. So I’ve gotten to go out in a…
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The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. …
View More The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)2 From DSN in the 3 Quarks Daily Science Prize Contest!
The very intelligent website 3 Quarks Daily, has an annual Science Prize for science writing on the web. Two articles from Deep Sea news have…
View More 2 From DSN in the 3 Quarks Daily Science Prize Contest!Aquaman In A NYC Taxi
A few weeks back I was speaking to youngsters up in the Big Apple about evolution and marine biology . A few nights prior being…
View More Aquaman In A NYC TaxiA bunch of hot heads
Driving through more remote parts of the Australian countryside when I was a young tacker, my Dad would often stop the old Mazda Capella so…
View More A bunch of hot headsWorld Oceans Day events at the Smithsonian
World Oceans Day – June 8 – is creeping up on us once again and this year’s seems to have special significance, since it comes…
View More World Oceans Day events at the SmithsonianNew Triton Manned Submersible
Sir Richard Branson isn’t the only one wanting to return to the Challenger Deep. Now, submersible designers Triton Submarines aims to take humans down to…
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This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with
James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the greatest movie ever made. There, I said it. For sheer script quotability, only Pulp Fiction comes close. For dark…
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Inside the Outside
*Ed. Note: Al’s post was selected by the staff at PLoS One as the April Blog Pick of the Month! Awesome Job Al! – KAZ…
View More Inside the OutsideWhy is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?
Just a few months ago in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for more science education. As always, this is desperately needed…
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