A recent PLoS One paper by Birky and colleagues attempts to define species for asexual animals using the theoretical framework that has been developed by…
View More ResearchBlogCast #11: A Population Genetics Species Concept?Month: July 2010
If I had my way, we’d just sequence everything
Sometimes I find it really frustrating that all we ever talk about is species (granted, I am very guilty of this too). Is it new? …
View More If I had my way, we’d just sequence everythingThe Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins
An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- The western Pacific is broken land, plates…
View More The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill UrchinsJellyfish: Pretty from a Distance
A link from one of readers (thanks Ashley!) pointed us to a story on MSNBC about a very large Lion’s Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) that…
View More Jellyfish: Pretty from a DistanceEPIC WIN: Cruise Cruise Baby
Words cannot even express the pure genius contained in this video…
View More EPIC WIN: Cruise Cruise BabyTeach the Controversy: Seafloor Spreading
My labmate came across this compelling illustration today searching Google Images for seafloor spreading illustrations.
View More Teach the Controversy: Seafloor SpreadingAdopt a Microbe From the Deep
As part of the Expedition 327 of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program aboard the ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, Adopt a Microbe is unleashed! From the website……
View More Adopt a Microbe From the DeepIs It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill Cocktail
via Liquor Snob, Hat tip to Dr. Mah.. Sometimes you have to laugh so you don’t cry. 1.5 blueberry juice oz .5 oz Kahlua .5 oz chocolate liqueur…
View More Is It Too Soon For This? Gulf Spill Cocktail12-month running mean global temperature reached new high…
…in 2010 despite recent minimum of solar iridescence. “We conclude that global temperature continued to rise rapidly in the past decade” and “there has been no…
View More 12-month running mean global temperature reached new high…Dear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough Anymore
This masterfully composed and performed song sums it up for me at the end of Day 91. Electrified trumpet solo was epic, and their message…
View More Dear BP, Sorry Ain’t Enough Anymore