» Introducing a New Species: My Namesake, a New Bone-Eating Worm
24/04/24 01:34 from Deep Sea News
Osedax worms, or the ‘bone eating’ worms are little soft sacks resembling snotty little flowers. The “bone devourer” is not quite accurate as the worms… The post Introducing a New Species: My Namesake, a New Bone-Eating Worm first ...

» A Whiff of Taxonomy – Altiarchaeum hamiconexum
22/04/24 09:15 from Small Things Considered
by Roberto — Altiarchaeum hamiconexum is a relatively recent addition to the growing list of microbial primary producers, i.e. those that fix CO2. Its first sightings date back only a little more than twenty years and its ability to fix ...

» Extremely Slow Growth in the Seabed
18/04/24 09:40 from Small Things Considered
by Roberto — Estimates are that, at the global scale, there are more microbial cells – maybe 5 x 10^29 – in the seabed than in the water column above. These cells are not just near the seafloor, many of them lie buried deep in the sedime...

» Hump Day Happiness: Dive into Deep-Sea Delights
18/04/24 01:13 from Deep Sea News
You know what your hump day needs? Some absolute stunning photos of deep-sea animals. Look at this one. Look at that one. You gotta get… The post Hump Day Happiness: Dive into Deep-Sea Delights first appeared on Deep Sea News .

» You want to be a marine biologist?
16/04/24 02:28 from Deep Sea News
So, you’ve decided you want to become a marine biologist? Well, grab your snorkel, strap on your flippers, and prepare for a wild ride through… The post You want to be a marine biologist? first appeared on Deep Sea News .

» Microbes and Methane
14/04/24 00:00 from Small Things Considered
by Roberto — If you're looking for a primer on microbes and methane (as was I, recently) I direct you to a timely report from an American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) colloquium on the subject. It's excellent reading as it contains a tr...

» Anoplocephala gorillae
11/04/24 23:55 from Parasite of the Day
Tapeworms are found in all kinds of vertebrate animals, and while their life cycles and transmission usually rely upon parasitised prey being eaten by predatory final hosts, some tapeworms have evolved ways to infect herbivorous animals ...

» A Solar Eclipse (and the Weight of Paper)
11/04/24 08:38 from Small Things Considered
by Christoph — Last week I had in mind to write a short hommage to a venerable lab instrument, the flatbed chart recorder, but then the solar eclipse got in the way. More precisely, not the eclipse, but the map of the USA that went viral...

» New Deep-Sea Cucumber Has 100 Feet
09/04/24 01:07 from Deep Sea News
A new species of deep-sea cucumber has over 100 feet in alternating two or three rows. This means of course that when it plays the… The post New Deep-Sea Cucumber Has 100 Feet first appeared on Deep Sea News .

» SIMPLIFY Science Writing
08/04/24 08:54 from Small Things Considered
by Roberto — Writing is an essential part of all scientific endeavors. Yet it is rare to find a scientist that finds it easy, not to mention joyful. I am not much different. But after many years at it, I have learned to take certain step...

» A Whiff of... Replication – Atribacter laminatus
04/04/24 08:55 from Small Things Considered
by Christoph — When microbiologists describe a previously unknown bacterium, they are mainly interested in its lifestyle, metabolism, morphology and cell cycle. For me, "getting to know" a newbie always involves – let's call it an addict...

» A Whiff of Taxonomy – Atribacter laminatus
01/04/24 08:47 from Small Things Considered
by Christoph — The image is way too large to show it here, but when you join me and Hug et al. (2016) for "A new view of the tree of life" here, you can spot a bunch of names of bacterial phyla in the top left corner that sound unfamilia...

» Talmudic Question #211
28/03/24 09:14 from Small Things Considered
Contributed by Seth Bordenstein — What is the craziest thing a phage enzyme can do to eukaryotic hosts?

» Hurricanes Shape Puerto Rican Anole Distributions
26/03/24 10:48 from Anole Annals
The Caribbean’s history of tropical cyclones (e.g., hurricanes, tropical storms, tropical depressions) is well-known, and a number of studies have quantified how anole populations differ before and after a storm. Previous studies h...

» Coley's Toxins Revisited
25/03/24 09:37 from Small Things Considered
by Roberto — In the last few years, immunotherapy has quickly become the emerging "fourth pillar" in cancer treatment, joining surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. The basic concept behind the development of immune checkpoint inh...