Go home Dinoflagellate, you’re drunk Sally, one of my lab mates, takes amazing videos of protists under the microscope (she posts these on her...
“It’s like a deep-sea version of Truck Nuts” Yes, that’s a direct quote from National Public Radio. I was giggling this weekend when I turned on the...
Nicholas Cage is making a movie about the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Yes, you read that right. I have no idea what it’s about, or why it’s named “The Runner”, but I do...
Ten Simple Rules for Effective Online Outreach Exciting news for the DSN team! What we do here on this site — our mission and core values —...
I prefer my seafood without sperm, thank you With the first taste of palolo I understood the Samoans’ love for it. Certainly it suggested a salty caviar,...
A Fond Friday Farewell Parting is always such sweet sorrow. Although we have a tinge of sadness this week at DSN, sometimes we’re...
The weird sizes and exotic shapes of nematode worms FACT: We study evolution in nematodes by constructing trees out of their penis size. Ok, well a “penis” in male...
The complex wrath of the Ozone hole over Antarctica Through its influence on atmospheric circulation, has helped to shield the Antarctic continent from much of...
Putting snails in the microwave…for science! Yahoo answers tells me I shouldn’t put snails in the microwave, but this paper tells me otherwise: Galindo LA,...
Diagnosing Death with Diatoms “I know you drowned him in the ocean, these bones don’t lie…” Ever heard of forensic limnology? Neither had...