Mark Carrigan’s website poses this question as part of a lead-up to a roundtable in early December: Why have researchers been so ready t...

I’m such a sucker for digging crustaceans... One of the matutid digging crabs, Ashtoret lunaris . Look at those lovely digging feet! ...

I like open access, but I think for profit publishers can continue to have a role in the scientific publishing ecosystem. But boy oh boy, s...

My latest paper started as a spreadsheet. During the writing of my last paper on the crayfish pet trade (described here ), I was kind of ...

On not publishing results because they won’t end up in glam journals: Refusing to release findings that you have already worked on, jus...

Batman : [reads the second riddle] What people are always in a hurry? Robin : Rushing people... Russians! I’m very excited to announc...

I like it. Subdued and understated. Related posts Science blogging book: now with blurbs! External links Sci Blogging Guide Faceb...

A few years ago, I published an original, data driven research paper here on this blog. As I wrote in a companion post : I thought, “Let...

Science Blogging: The Essential Guide is now available for pre-order on Amazon! The fun thing about the Amazon page, in comparison to ...

And I mean really old... like, the Cretaceous. Hermit crabs have a lot of flexibility in the shells they use, and different kinds of speci...

I’ve been digging Larry Wilmore’s The Nightly Show . Last night’s panel had this wonderful little exchange that was cut from broadcast, so I...

Great new crustacean species keep appearing! And this is a new genus, too! Meet Aletheiana tenella , a new species from Indonesia. Love...

“I have to clean the tub today.” The tub’s been dirty for a while, but you finally have a quiet Sunday morning. So you pull on the clean...

From I Can Haz Cheezburger .

Consumer Reports recently looked into homeopathic remedies . It was pretty timid repudiation, but did contain this critical line: That m...

Apparently this appears in the November issue of Wired : I’m seriously wondering how far this word will go now. Oxford English Dictionary...

Ooh, this new land crab is a beauty... Not only does Arachnothelphusa merarapensis have a pretty shade of purple going for it, it has so...

“We at the Society for Neuroscience would like to take this moment to remind you... “That you are old . I mean, seriously old. I mean...

By popular demand! (Okay, one person asked . And there went a half hour of productivity...) Update, 19 October 2015 : Enough material...

Dynamic Ecology rediscovers Up-goer Five . Been there, done that . It’s fun, but don’t confuse it with a path to clarity, as Carl Zimmer no...