Dear readers of the Science Fix: real life is interfering with my online life in a big way (but in a good way) and it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to write this blog in a timely fashion. I’m hoping to be able to still post a Science Fix at least a couple of times a…

I dedicate this blog post to all animal lovers, to those of us perpetually fascinated by the animal kingdom, especially other fellow vertebrates, and even more specially mammals and birds. This blog is a critter edition: we have necking giraffes, killer cats, co-evolving dogs, blind mole rats showcasing…

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Biofluorescent Night Dive - Dahab/Red Sea (Egypt), Masbat Bay/Mashraba, "Roman Rock". You can see feather stars and hermit crab on fire coral, porcupine fish, pufferfish, scorpion fish, cuttlefish, anemones, among others.…

FEATURED IMAGE: Saturn and its rings. I know that this huge planet is a favorite of many of our…

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Winners of the 2012 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. It must have been so hard to pick a First Place Winner; there are…

NOTE: there won't be a Science Fix for 2-3 weeks since I will be taking a vacation!

I will start this blog with everything human. Then interesting news regarding the natural world. I’ll throw I an arthropod or two to keep Michel happy. I will then post a pretty photo, and an interesting video. I declare…

FEATURED VIDEO: Time lapse video of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun, June 5^th

Venus passed in front of the Sun this week for the last time until 2117.  IN this NASA HD video, Venus transit as seen in the 171 wavelength.…

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FEATURED IMAGE: The Tarantula Nebula…

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HIGHLIGHTED VIDEO: WHALE FALL.…

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: On the week of Earth Day,…

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: Juvenile emperor angelfish…

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Tomorrow is the first anniversary of our social networking site. I want to personally thank the many members who have contributed and continue to contribute to the science discussions. I also want to especially thank Michel, who suggested the major improvement of including visuals in the blog, and for…

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Amazing Footage Of A Chick Embryo: researcher Anna Franz gives us a glimpse of the vascular system of a fertilized chicken embryo by cutting away a small portion of an eggshell and injecting ink into the yolk sac artery. This video won Nikon’s first annual Small World in Motion…

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VIDEO THE WEEK: Lights Over Lapland photographer Chad Blakley captured this amazing view of the aurora borealis in Sweden on January 24th, 2012. The January 23rd solar flare and ensuing coronal mass ejection are the 'lighting engineers' of this…

Today is Friday the 13th. Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted: "Remember that Thursday the 12ths are just as rare as friday the 13th!

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VIDEO THE WEEK: Giant Japanese hornets slaughter European honeybee hive. From National Geographic. Not for the faint of…

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“And here is the point, about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely solely upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry,…

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Astronomers Take a Photograph of the Youngest Supernova Right After Its Explosion. To capture this…