How Life Thrives Under the Ocean’s Crushing Pressure
Like most deep-sea biologists, I have a large collection of decorated Styrofoam cups. A couple dozen line the bookshelf of my office, each displaying a…
“Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave Labor
Two weeks ago I wrote about southeast Asian fishermen, mostly from Cambodia, being forced to work Thai and South Korean fishing vessels. Men are promised…
View More “Product of Thailand” Could Be Result of Slave LaborTGIF: Do you want this octopus to have fewer legs?
Via GRP and Robot Nine
View More TGIF: Do you want this octopus to have fewer legs?Logistical challenges of floating libertarian paradises
Libertarians always seem to want to run away to sea. Most recently, Paypal founder Peter Thiel made news by promoting and financially backing the Seasteading…
View More Logistical challenges of floating libertarian paradisesHurricane Irene Drives Bloggers Inland
Guess I will be expecting a full house of fleeing coastal members of DSN and Southern Fried Science! NOAA-Hurricane IRENE.
View More Hurricane Irene Drives Bloggers InlandVirginia Earthquake
In case you haven’t heard a 5.9 earthquake hit Virginia just outside of Richmond. I felt it in Durham, NC and Kevin felt it out on…
View More Virginia EarthquakeHurricane Irene: Prepare for a Category 4 ‘major hurricane’
via Hurricane Irene: Prepare for a Category 4 ‘major hurricane’ – latimes.com. Hurricane Irene continues to grow in strength and ferocity and is now on…
View More Hurricane Irene: Prepare for a Category 4 ‘major hurricane’Giant squid found on beach
giant squid nearly four metres [13.1 ft] long has been found washed up on Farewell Spit View Larger Map via Giant squid found on beach…
View More Giant squid found on beachSalty sci-fi stories for summer
It’s the end of summer, when many folks are either going on vacation or cranking hard in the lab before the school year starts again.…
View More Salty sci-fi stories for summerNSF Ideas Lab on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of Life
I finally made it to Lake Placid. Yes, after a 6 hour drive drinking iced coffee and belting out some Gaga, I’m super excited to…
View More NSF Ideas Lab on Advancing and Visualizing the Tree of LifePostcard from Mexico
Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, but this whale shark fieldwork thing has a way of consuming every available moment. I’ll get to some new…
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