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…
TGIF: "Fish Guys"
Between the online game with the ROV and this movie from YouTube, you’ll be sure to get no work done today. This “Fish Guys” movie…
View More TGIF: "Fish Guys"Deep Sea Online Game
BBC has a great game for the kids or those young of heart. Yeah I pretty much have lost a few hours of my life…
View More Deep Sea Online GameDeep-Sea Creatures Are Nazis
I don’t buy it but… In an issue of Superman released early in 1943, the superhero protects American navy ships from deep-sea creatures under the…
View More Deep-Sea Creatures Are NazisFriday Deep-Sea Picture (8/24/07)
From NG: Despite its delicate, decorated appearance, this jewel squid was found 1,650 lung-crushing feet (500 meters) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic. Scientists…
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (8/24/07)Surely Nobody Saw Titantic.
Don’t blame me for not pointing it out sooner, but I have only seen Titanic once and as I recall it was an excruciating experience.…
View More Surely Nobody Saw Titantic.Big Week for the Giant Squid…
A giant squid arrives on Italy’s shore intact…reporters at scene report Cioppino needed more garlic. First step purchase 500 gallons of formalin…next step order special-made…
View More Big Week for the Giant Squid…Meet Krill Bill
The krill-oil product from Krill Bill claims a 15:1 ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 fatty acids, compared to 3:1 ratio for fish oil fatty acids. That’s an impressive benefit. Who knows? Maybe it’s a good way to get your omega-3 fatty acids, eating from the bottom of the food chain, without subjecting yourself to the heavy metals you find in fish these days.
View More Meet Krill BillWhy Don’t All Whales Have Cancer?
Knowing my fascination with body size variation among organisms , Peter sent a link along for a new paper, “Why don’t all whales have cancer?…
View More Why Don’t All Whales Have Cancer?Why Don't All Whales Have Cancer?
Knowing my fascination with body size variation among organisms , Peter sent a link along for a new paper, “Why don’t all whales have cancer?…
View More Why Don't All Whales Have Cancer?It Is Just Alarmism…
As predicted, the bandwagon is rolling. Steven Milloy, of the ironically titled junkscience.com, writes in the Canada Free Press about us “alarmists”. One study questions…
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