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Tara Oceans: a scientific odyssey in the tradition of HMS Beagle

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  His Majesty’s Ship Beagle is among the most celebrated of all British warships, commissioned in 1820 as a Cherokee Class, 10-gun brig-sloop. I always thought that it was odd to name a ship after a dog,  unless of course there was an actual Mr. or Mrs. Beagle around back then who was worthy of … Read more

Charles Darwin’s other passion: rediscovering the origins of barnacle research

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This blog entry has its origins from a company newsletter I wrote in 2009 for scientists working on marine coatings.  Darlene Brezinski, the editor of Paint & Coatings Industry magazine, liked the topic so much and asked me to take excerpts from that newsletter into the article that appeared in the magazine on the same … Read more