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science meets fantasy...or vice versa

One of those areas that always fascinated me was looking at historical figures and events and trying...

I love the Nobel Prize...(and foam, sometimes)

I always like to hear who got the Nobel Prize (well at least the one in medicine, anyway- I am...

Would you like your shrimp on a plate or a....treadmill?

Some enterprising scientists at NOAA have studied the health of animals suffering from bacterial...

Deepest Dive in History

Very cool news- a ROV recently dove to the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.  Here's...

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new GFP's discovered

new GFP's discovered

May 22 2009 | 0 comment(s)

I just saw over on Science Daily that they have found lots of new Green Flourescent Proteins in Amphioxus, aka the lancelet (which is the closest invertebrate relative to our phylum, Chordata).

The article, with a nice green glowing picture, is here.


An answer to a

An answer to a "what if" that's difficult to pass up...

Apr 13 2009 | 1 comment(s)

That question, specifically, is: "What if a cuttlefish attacked an octopus?"

And the answer can be found here.  It's a pretty amazing video.

Those Pesky Cane Toads...

Those Pesky Cane Toads...

Mar 30 2009 | 6 comment(s)

If you don't know the story of the cane toads, here's the short version: imported to Australia in hopes of controlling the cane beetle, which came to the continent with the sugar cane when *it* was imported (are you sensing an unfortunate pattern here?), they now run amok and wreak havoc on natural Australian ecosystems.  It's one of the best invasive species horror stories that I know.


the coolest thing I saw at the Natural History Museum today....

the coolest thing I saw at the Natural History Museum today....

Mar 18 2009 | 0 comment(s)

was a SEA PIG!  (Sorry, giant squid. Maybe next time.)
This cool critter is an Echinoderm, which means it's related to sea stars, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers.  Despite several months studying invertebrates with my Marine Science class this year, I was stumped when trying to figure out which phylum this little critter belonged in- but the internets saved me, of course.

Here is another picture where you can see it more clearly.  It's the Scotoplanes globosa in the middle column about halfway down.


Yes, we're still talking about it....

Yes, we're still talking about it....

Mar 11 2009 | 3 comment(s)

...and the depth vs. breadth argument in science education continues, even though .
This article chimes in with some updated information.  A new study shows that students who studied basic topics more in depth in high school did better in college introductory courses than those who had the "we must cram everything we can think of about this topic into your heads so that you can pass the state-mandated graduation exam" approach.


Those Crafty Cephalopods...

Those Crafty Cephalopods...

Mar 02 2009 | 0 comment(s)

An octopus flooded the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium (note the link on the 2nd page to a video showing an octopus climbing through a very small hole- really cool if you haven't seen them in action before)!  And here's another take.