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…
Summary of tweets for February 10th, 2010
Below is a summary of tweets from February 10th, 2010 @NHillgarth: RT @oystersgarter: RT @AnnieCrawley: The Queen of Camouflage – Cuttlefish Mating http://bit.ly/cJfm4I #DSN –…
View More Summary of tweets for February 10th, 2010Norwegian SCUBA Divers Drive Off Google Van with Pitchforks
Hat tip to Boing Boing. From the Norwegian fishwrapper Aftenposten (click here for autotranslation, although the headline really translates more to “Who is hunting Google…
View More Norwegian SCUBA Divers Drive Off Google Van with Pitchforks“Amusing” Patent for Deep-Sea Voyage
The world of patenting is quite different from the world of science. Weaving through the legalese and dry writing is horrendous at time. I am…
View More “Amusing” Patent for Deep-Sea VoyageLSDG: An Acronym Consuming A Field
You may never heard of LSDG (although some of you may have heard of LSD but I make no judgement here) but a lot scientific…
View More LSDG: An Acronym Consuming A FieldSummary of tweets for February 9th, 2010
Below is a summary of tweets from February 9th, 2010 @mjd402: Lost leviathans: Hunting the world’s missing whales | New Scientist http://bit.ly/bawAxH #DSN – 09…
View More Summary of tweets for February 9th, 2010Whale Pwns Seabird
From the ever awesome FAILblog.
View More Whale Pwns SeabirdMad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!
This week’s Mad Taxonomic Skillz challenge will utilize the awesome freely available resource for everything crustacean – Crustacea.net! We think that if crustaceans were easier…
View More Mad Taxonomic Skillz III – Crustacean Hunt!What’s Bigger Than Giga
I guess GigaYacht A wasn’t freakin’ big enough. I need a yacht the size of two football fields. And even though I will be surrounded…
View More What’s Bigger Than GigaThe glory, the ecstasy, the KRAKEN RUM
This is the only drink allowed at the super secret Deep Sea News lair. Via my most excellent friend Martini-Corona
View More The glory, the ecstasy, the KRAKEN RUMSummary of tweets for February 8th, 2010
Below is a summary of tweets from February 8th, 2010 @kzelnio: RT @Laelaps: Deep sea ROV catches elusive, serpent-like oarfish on camera http://tinyurl.com/yk84ozu ht @NHillgarth…
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