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Just a word to my readers. The ScienceBlogs site has been having technical difficulties since yesterday.
You may have noticed that the load times were very slow yesterday and that at times the site was even completely unavailable. The same thing happened for a while this morning, and early this…
"...as a scientist I was trained you always have to show the negative data, the data that disagrees with you, and then make the case that your case is stronger." -Richard Muller
Global temperatures have been on the rise not just for decades, but for as long as we've been measuring temperatures…
One of our regulars here is Hank Fox, and some of you may have noticed his website has been rather static lately. Check again! He's back at it, and in case you're looking for a professional proofreader and editor, he's offering his services online.
It's December, and Squidmas is coming. Maybe you're like me, and the kids have all moved out, so you're thinking having a little intelligent life at home would be nice. Or maybe you're kids are still home, and you think they'd love a pretty pet. Or maybe you just love cephalopods, as do we all, so…
Is there a reason why they are drawn with 8 arms? I'd expect 10 at least at the ones from the Cretaceous era.
Careful what you wish for! Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Rlyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn....
So weird that all humans wore business suits millions of years ago.
"So weird that all humans wore business suits millions of years ago."
They have to dress nice for their Cephalopod overlords.
I wonder if octopi were bred / genitically modified to live longer than 5 generations would they then go on to form societies? Would they undergo a cognitive / behavioural explosion as happened to our species. Rise up my cephalopodic brothers - you have nothing to lose but your crumbs!
They haven't gone missing, they've just gone deep...
@#3 Dave P:
Even weirder that they were apparently all male.
Asexual reproduction?