Biochemical Soul » Circus of the Spineless http://biochemicalsoul.com Musings on Nature, Science, Evolution, Biology, and Education Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:54:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Carnivalia! Evolution, Blue, Spineless, and Pro Publica http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/04/carnivalia-evolution-blue-spineless-and-pro-publica/ http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/04/carnivalia-evolution-blue-spineless-and-pro-publica/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 03:00:56 +0000 Irradiatus http://biochemicalsoul.com/?p=1302 Waking the Baby Mammoth

Waking the Baby Mammoth

As some of you have no doubt noticed, I've been a bit absent from this digital home of mine for the past couple of weeks. What can I say? I've been incredibly busy with actually doing science.

Hopefully I'll get back to regular blogging soon (including my review of the press screener for the upcoming National Geographic Channel program "Waking the Baby Mammoth" - Thanks Minjae, Digital PR Consultant for NatGeo! My shiny disc and press release arrived via UPS today!). In the meantime, there are a few blog carnivals that you should definitely read.

Scientia Pro Publica

Scientia Pro Publica

First and foremost, everyone should check out the inaugural edition of the new Scientia Pro Publica carnival, started by GrrlScientist of Living the Scientific Life to fill the void created by the extinction of the Tangled Bank. This sure-to-be-successful carnival is dedicated to all the good science blogging out there written for the layperson. So if you blog science to reach the masses, start submitting to this new carnival.

GrrlScientist also recently hosted the Circus of the Spineless #37 dedicated to the spineless creatures of the world - which included my post on insect dorsal ocelli.

If you haven't made your way over to The Oyster's Garter, go check out Miriam's awesome edition of the Carnival of Evolution #10 - which included my post on the evolution of icefish blood and antifreeze.

Also recently out at Deep-Sea News, Kevin Zelnio has published the Carnival of the Blue #23, filled with salty ocean goodness.

]]> http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/04/carnivalia-evolution-blue-spineless-and-pro-publica/feed/ 0 Carnival of the Blue 22 – Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice & Sunsets http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/03/carnival-of-the-blue-22-malaria-bedbugs-sea-lice-sunsets/ http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/03/carnival-of-the-blue-22-malaria-bedbugs-sea-lice-sunsets/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:55:08 +0000 Irradiatus http://biochemicalsoul.com/?p=1110 In an ambitious new day for Marine Science blogging and general marine information dissemination, Rick MacPherson (of Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice & Sunsets) and Jason Robertshaw (of Cephalopodcast) have announced not only of the publication of Carnival of the Blue #22, but also the shiny new Podcast of the Blue, which will from hence forth go hand-in-hand.

I'm quite excited to hear the lovely voices of the people behind the best marine science writing.

In addition, the Current edition of the carnival, hosted by Rick is replete with wonderful oceanic goodness. So go check it out, and be sure to stay tuned for the upcoming podcast.

In fact, he kindly included my own post on Flatfish Eyes & Recapitulation Theory. His description:

More Weird Fish Eyes
If you still need some additional fish weirdness, Carnival of the Blue first-timer (hopefully long-timer) Daniel Brown of Biochemical Soul dredges-up memories of 9AM Developmental Biology class as he explores the evolution of flatfish eyes. This post has it all... some ontogeny, some phylogeny, some eyeball migration. Perhaps with the right encouragement we can get Daniel to focus exclusively on the ocean and change his blog title to Biochemical Sole?

I considered the name change. In fact I considered changing scientific fields completely and moving into studying flatfish development - just to fit this blog into his punny joke. I decided against it...

And if you have yet to make check them out, be sure to check out Carnival of Evolution #9 at Moneduloides, and Circus of the Spineless #36 at Invertebrate Diaries.

]]> http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/03/carnival-of-the-blue-22-malaria-bedbugs-sea-lice-sunsets/feed/ 0 Circus of the Spineless – The Other 95% http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/02/circus-of-the-spineless-the-other-95/ http://biochemicalsoul.com/2009/02/circus-of-the-spineless-the-other-95/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:44:53 +0000 Irradiatus http://biochemicalsoul.com/?p=632 badge made by me for the love of bugs (not just hemipterans)

badge made by me for the love of bugs (not just hemipterans - the "true bugs")

Do you love invertebrates as much as I?

If so, make your way now over to the resurrected Circus of the Spineless, a blog carnival devoted to the world of invertebrates, hosted this 35th edition by Kevin Zelnio of The Other 95% and Deep Sea News.

And to my old ecology/zoology professor, Dr. Matt Moran - thank you so much for making me memorize every major order of insects! It came in handy reading this edition of the CotS. I love the organization.

Note: Kevin kindly included my own post on Black Widows around my house (with cool videos).

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