Buccaneers, Charlatans, Marauders, and Swashbucklers. Throughout the centuries, our booty-hoarding friends have been branded by many rather dubious labels. Yet seldom does the average gangplank…
View More Beyond the Plunder: The Misunderstood Life of PiratesYe landlubbers may think yer sage from pirate treachery by hiding on yer dry shores, but ye be WRONG! Many a crusty ship urchin floats…
View More Pirates in unexpected placesAAAR! Today is Talk like a Pirate Day. So swill some grog and enjoy this beauty of a post on physical oceanography and piracy in…
View More Screw you pirates! Scientists study the Great Whirl anyway.YES, THIS JUST HAPPENED!!!! I’m totally going to be singing these lyrics now whenever I hear the ‘Pirates’ soundtrack… “He’s the pauper of the surf,…
View More Micheal Bolton sings about Giant Squid!Thanks to io9 and Garrett G, I just might have found the ultimate movie for the First Annual Deep-Sea News Film Night. Behold the glory…
View More Ultimate movie for First Annual DSN Film Night?Pretty much the most awesome bedroom ever. The Deeplings’ secret headquarters looks just like this! (via Metafilter) Designer Steve Kuhl fulfills every boy’s fantasy with…
View More Avast sleeping! Haul the main closet!Editors Note: We are starting a new Scientist in Residence program at Deep-Sea News. The Scientist in Residence for each month at DSN would contribute substantial…
View More Scientist In Residence: Danny Richter on Pirate GuiltJohn Stewart interviews Captain Richard Phillips of Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by Somali pirates last year. The ship was carrying aid to the region.…
View More TGIF: Maersk Alabama EditionFrom the Seattle Times: “… the HDMS Absalon – the Danish flagship of the three-vessel NATO flotilla in the region – disrupted a pirate operation…
View More Somali Pirate Mothership Sunk by NATO