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How a 10 Million Year old fossil, a smart phone, and a 3D printer recharged my #OceanOptimism.

Andrew David Thaler • #OceanOptimism, Popular Culture, Science • April 10, 2015

Last week, we launched a novel little experiment in crowdfunding marine science and conservation – Buy David Shiffman a Less Ugly Pair of Sunglasses – ostensibly about replacing David’s legendarily hideous sunglasses with something a bit more aesthetic. Of course, anyone digging into the stretch goals quickly realized that this was less about sunglasses and […]

The Connected Professor

Amy Freitag • Life in the Lab, Science • January 2, 2012

Here at SFS, we seem to have an affinity for cyborgs. I recently had a dream in which I envisioned my future as such a creature. I had aged, achieved a professorship, and was teaching an introductory geography class. Contrary to the current classroom, however, there was not a learned scholar standing in front of […]