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Robert Vrijenhoek and Shannon Johnson (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute), and Greg Rouse (Scripps) have recently completed research aimed at classifying 12 new lineages of Osedax worms as their very own species. Upon their 2004 discovery in Monterey Bay, geneticists classified them under…
These chicas are freaky. But if you lived on a whale vertebrae and eat through bone, perhaps you'd be a little on the kinky side too, right? Osedax, the "bone-devouring" worm is weird. Now, I know long time Deep Sea News readers will be a little used to us talking about odd critters in the ocean,…
Just a quick post today following from an interesting comment by lindata on my post about gender in science and the Scientiae blog carnival. lindata points out that blinding evaluators from the identity of musicians during auditions has resulted in increased representation of women in symphonies -…
Stupid question, stupid comment, and insufficiently intelligent responses. Teach South Africa what it means to rouse the indignation of Pharyngula. Do you believe in evolution? The debate over the origin of mankind's existence has been raging for ages. Yes 61% No 39%