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December 30, 2006
Category: Scientist!
An article called "Science 2006" (SEED Magazine, November 2006) discusses a group called Science and Engineers for America that is making important headway in Washington. Please check it out. This kind of advocacy in Washington is mission critical. Important federal...
Posted by Peter Etnoyer at 2:17 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ramblings
Go welcome Aardvarckology Ardvoloyg Arrdvarkeology Aardvarchaeology. Try not to let the eating of our cephalopod brethren upset you....
Posted by CR McClain at 10:20 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Scientist!
Frank A. brought my attention to this video on Marie Tharpe at the New York Times. Other scientists dismissed her work as "girl talk," but she refused to back down -- and changed the way we see the planet.You can...
Posted by CR McClain at 9:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ramblings
A big welcome to Attleboro High School's AP Biology (I presume MA). There instructor, Mr. Lemire, linked to DSN from the course blog. Students please feel free to post comments and ask questions. Peter and I (and the other bloggers...
Posted by CR McClain at 8:50 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 29, 2006
Category: Ramblings
Urged by a reader and previous buzz, I finally managed to watch the Calamari Wrestler. The movie is an over-the-top satire of Rocky with a Star Wars twist finish. Fortunately it is much better than the festering heap of...
Posted by CR McClain at 1:56 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 28, 2006
Category: 25 Things You Should Know About the Deep Sea
The first new 25 Things at Sb! So grab a cup-o-joe and read on! The extremes of the physical deep-sea environment (temperature, pressure, and lack of light, low food) are more than a challenge for deep-sea organisms. Unfortunately, there is...
Posted by CR McClain at 4:33 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Ramblings
Dolphins & silly little monkeys...thier smatter than you think. Actually...dolphins are dangerous and monkeys throw poo. Luckily, the latest addittion to Sb, Developing Intelligence, has a handle on intelligence. I guess I won't expect too many post on the GOP...
Posted by CR McClain at 2:52 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Vessels and Equipment
The BBC higlights a January expedition of Southampton Oceanographic Centre's (SOC) ROV Isis to the Antarctic. The project is to explore the sediment and organisms of Marguerite Bay. SOC aquired Isis in 2003 from a colloboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic...
Posted by CR McClain at 9:33 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 27, 2006
Category: Expeditions
Peter McGrath, one of the project's founders, brought my attention to the Beagle Project. The goal is to build a replica of the Beagle and sail it in 2009 along Darwin and Fitzroy's original route. The mission appears to be...
Posted by CR McClain at 2:23 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
December 26, 2006
Category: Ramblings
I love being out to sea, 2 months on a research vessel is heaven. I eagerly read about projects like Freedom Ship and Trilobis and await the days I can shed my terrestrial dwelling. I tried to convince my wife...
Posted by CR McClain at 8:49 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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