Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Damn. We look good! This is after 8 hours at sea, major hurling, and cold waves hitting our bodies. We all look so happy because we are on dry land

Foucault revisited: Argentinean scientists show how to build a pendulum for any classroom

Foucault revisited: Argentinean scientists show how to build a pendulum for any classroom

This is something that LJ and I just HAVE to try!

YouTube - Celebrate Science - A Sciencefest in Support of The Canadian Children's Book Centre

YouTube - Celebrate Science - A Sciencefest in Support of The Canadian Children's Book Centre

The First ever Canadian Children's Writers Festival Video

To punish or not to punish: Lessons from reef fish and saber-tooth blennies

To punish or not to punish: Lessons from reef fish and saber-tooth blennies

A title with the words, "saber-tooth blennie", simply must be put in a blog, don't you think? The concept that fish "punish" is really interesting. Think that blennnies have a time out room?

Brain's ability to selectively focus, pay attention diminishes with age, study finds

Brain's ability to selectively focus, pay attention diminishes with age, study finds

Thought about blogging this yesterday, but I forgot.

Mimic Octopus In Action

Mimic Octopus In Action

This will really blow your mind!

our.windowfarms.org | Home

our.windowfarms.org | Home

I would love one of these except my dog would probably eat his way through my crops. He devoured all my tomatos this summer

Mystery of 'alien pod' solved: Colony of freshwater bryozoans

Mystery of 'alien pod' solved: Colony of freshwater bryozoans

Meant to blog this on Halloween, but forgot. Alien pods in lakes.

Mandatory curbs on food salt content 20 times more effective than voluntary curbs, study finds

Mandatory curbs on food salt content 20 times more effective than voluntary curbs, study finds

Haven't done a "duh" post for a while, but this is certainly a good example of dumb. Let's see..... if you make something a law people will follow it, rather than just suggesting that a company limit salt. Imagine what would happen if you did the same thing with speed limits..... It would be nice if you drove less than 50 miles per hour, and we suggest that you keep under that limit, but we really can't make you drive at that speed. How many motorist would voluntarily drive 50 mph?

World's largest, most complex marine virus is major player in ocean ecosystems

World's largest, most complex marine virus is major player in ocean ecosystems

It's nice when research from UBC makes it into the international headlines. It's especially nice when the research is something I can use in a book.

New discovery: Plaice fish are spotted (on the inside)

New discovery: Plaice fish are spotted (on the inside)

Imagine what we would look like if we had colored insides? Perhaps this creature thinks it has a reversible skin.

Newly discovered gene enables fish to 'disappear'

Newly discovered gene enables fish to 'disappear'
In a previous blog I posted a video of an octopus changing color and texture. Now for the science.....