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…
Angels in Antarctica
“Don’t blink. Blink and you’re dead. Don’t turn your back. Don’t look away. And don’t blink.” – The Doctor The Weeping Angels are the monster…
View More Angels in AntarcticaFrom the Editor’s Desk: Public Funding of Science
YouCut – a first-of-its-kind project – is designed to defeat the permissive culture of runaway spending in Congress. It allows you to vote, both online…
View More From the Editor’s Desk: Public Funding of ScienceDSN Holiday Gift Giving Guide
Here is a list of the items the DSN team hope to get this holiday season. The Monster Friends posters or prints from Octophant (must…
View More DSN Holiday Gift Giving GuideThat’s Captain Snoop
Snoop Dogg and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble welcoming to the Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach. O’ yeah you just saw Snoop in a naval uniform. Your Sunday…
View More That’s Captain SnoopTransparent Specimens
Japanese artist Iori Tomit, using dye injecting techniques as fisheries student, creates these otherworldly transparent specimens of marine animals. via Transparent Specimens – The Art…
View More Transparent Specimens12.12.10 Oil Spill Roundup
There seem to be three themes at the forefront of the ongoing BP saga this week: Seafloor, Seafood, and Spillage. Ken Halanych (one of the…
View More 12.12.10 Oil Spill RoundupGay pirate love story music video!
Happy Sunday! Please enjoy this tragic gay pirate love story set to great music. Especially the lyric “You’re my land ahoy!” See more from Cosmo…
View More Gay pirate love story music video!Yet More TGIF: Under the Boat!
Please enjoy these EPIC SDSU undergrads as they explain chemical ecology to the sweet beats of one of the greatest oceangoing songs of all time.…
View More Yet More TGIF: Under the Boat!MORE TGIF!! A Song About an Anglerfish
TGIF: The Deep Exhibit at NHM London
Since I’m on a London kick from my recent trip, your Friday video is from “The Deep”, an exhibit which recently closed at the Natural…
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