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Happy New Year to all our readers! 2010 was a big year for Southern Fried Science. We added a new blogger, moved to our own server, and launched The Gam. Along the way we’ve won a few awards, hosted the first Ocean of Pseudoscience week, cooked a whole pig, exposed some blatant greenwashing, challenged conventional … Read More “Southern Fried Scientist’s Predictions for 2011” »
Well, it’s been a whirlwind year here at SFS. We moved to our own server and launched the Gam – the largest network of (mostly) marine science blogs. Below are our ten most popular (by pageviews) posts of 2010: How to brew beer in a coffee maker, using only materials commonly found on a modestly sized oceanographic … Read More “Top Posts of 2010” »
Two days left, how’d we do?
While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.
I for one welcome our new cephalopod overlords.
While we take a break during December, enjoy these penguin videos shot by intrepid Antarctic explorer David Honig.
We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog-cation to bring you some exciting news- today, the U.S. Senate passed the Shark Conservation Act!
The act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives last year, closes important loopholes in current U.S. shark management policy by banning the practice of removing fins * at sea (for almost all species, more on this later). It also provides a framework for Federal officials to work with our trading partners that don’t similarly protect sharks.
It was expect to easily pass the Senate, but as we reported earlier this fall, Republican firebrand Tom Coburn blocked it and related conservation legislation. Senator Coburn’s stated objection to the bill was that it would cost too much, but the estimated cost according to GovTrack is less than $1 per American taxpayer.
Read More “U.S. Senate passes Shark Conservation Act, but at what cost?” »
