The year is 1967. A paper is published that causes pandemonium in the scientific community. The discovery causes a fundamental shift in thinking divergent from…
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Turf wars
I was lucky enough to attend an all-day workshop today, just down the road at Georgia Tech, where Prof. Mark Hay organised the Teasley Symposium…
View More Turf warsIf I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?
Almost sixteen years ago, I was at phase one of Operation Convince A Tall Blond To Get With Me. For brevity, I will refer to…
View More If I Was A Hagfish Could I Get With Tall Blonds?There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid
All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called…
View More There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A SquidPenguins Immediately Benefit From MPA
There is much buzz these days about marine protected areas (MPAs) and no-take zones. We are approaching the age of assessment. There has been enough…
View More Penguins Immediately Benefit From MPAWhen the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibs
I am very excited today! My new paper in the journal Ecology will be coming out in April on the regulation of biodiversity in the…
View More When the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibsMATE Center’s International Student ROV Competition
The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center’s International Student ROV Competition just occurred in Buzzard’s Bay, Mass. This is the competition for those who already…
View More MATE Center’s International Student ROV CompetitionOn the study of crustaceous genitalia
Post by Matt Hoch. Dr. J. Matt Hoch is newly minted PhD from SUNY Stony Brook who is interested in the reproductive ecology and life…
View More On the study of crustaceous genitaliaScore one for home schoolers!
Students from the New York City Home Educators Association (NYCHEA) took second place behind Blue Hills Technical High School in the 2008 NE Regional ROV…
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