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…
How to Retard Scientific Progress
I found a great quote and analogy from an essay published in Current Biology by Peter Lawrence titled The Mismeasurement of Science. This essay takes…
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Blog friends and geo-geeks Anne and Chris of Highly Allochthonous have moved their blog from ScienceBlogs to a new domain. Make you sure you update…
View More Follow the New Highly Allochthonous!Rap Guide to Evolution!
If you are not following Mark Pallen’s Rough Guide to Evolution blog, shame on you! (apparently, and sadly, his blog hasn’t been updated since Jan.…
View More Rap Guide to Evolution!Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010
This one-year projection of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will ruin your day. Oil is now seeping in New Orleans’ Lake Pontchartrain and tarballs wash ashore in…
View More Oil Spill Update July 11, 201070’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love Them
Straight men let’s face it. We will do anything if we think females will find it attractive. No matter how ludicrous, expensive, or time-consuming it…
View More 70’s Porn Staches and the Female Fish Who Love ThemNothing Goes Together Like..
…the great taste of Old Bay Seasoning and oil-cured shore bird. Found these two advertising gems together on my Facebook sidebar this morning. Not sure what else to…
View More Nothing Goes Together Like..Best Life Jackets Evah
Nothing is more important than a child’s well-being. But too many water safety products are boring, irritating or embarrassing from a kid’s point of view.…
View More Best Life Jackets EvahInvasion of the Jelly Crab!
They tamed the wild jelly and are now training mass armies of crustaceans to overthrow the molluscan oligarchy. Fear the claw and sting. Fear it!…
View More Invasion of the Jelly Crab!Weather and Water
From The Greencards, a great band.
View More Weather and WaterMoko Has Died
You may remember Moko, the playful, pygmy sperm whale-saving, lovable dolphin from New Zealand? I’ve just learned from a commenter that he was found dead…
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