Slate recycled an old story about Giant Squid just before Christmas. Daniel Engber's review provides lots of interesting links and factoids about ammonium and bouyancy control in Architeuthis . He also touches on their potential vulnerability to sesimic surveys, citing a New Scientist article about a 'mass' stranding of 5 giant squid following seismic surveys off the coast of Spain back in 2004.
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Daniel Engber's Slate article The Paranoid Style in American Science is well worth a read. He explains how the Creationists, AGW and HIV/AIDS skeptics go well past skepticism into conspiracy theries about science.
Hat tip: Mark Hoofnagle.
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