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The Glomar Explorer: what we can confirm and deny about “vast government conspiracies” from Project Azorian. 

Posted on September 27, 2023March 27, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
The Glomar Explorer: what we can confirm and deny about “vast government conspiracies” from Project Azorian. 
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The following is the transcript of a talk I gave at DC Nerd Nite on September 16, 2023. Enjoy! I need to begin with a disclaimer: It is impossible to talk about Project Azorian and the Glomar Explorer without sounding like you’ve gone deep into Dale Gribble territory. Azorian has everything a conspiracy theorist could … Read More “The Glomar Explorer: what we can confirm and deny about “vast government conspiracies” from Project Azorian. “ »

Flesh eating sea lice, illegal eel fishing, and whale graveyards: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 10th, 2017

Posted on August 10, 2017August 12, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Watch this sixgill shark swim in the coastal waters near Vancouver, in this clip from the Vancouver Aquarium!

    Video courtesy Vancouver Aquarium
  • Follow Al Harry, Australian shark researcher, on twitter! Al has just joined, so welcome him!
  • Sea lice feast of fresh meat as teenager left bloodied. Video from the Guardian. My official comment on this story can be found here. Also, here’s a video of some similar creatures skeletonizing a whole pig in a few days.  (It is worth noting that some scientists are skeptical of this explanation of what happened to this Australian teenager.)
  • Learn about whalefalls, an important underwater habitat made up of dead whales. Video and story by Julie Takahashi, for the Houston Chronicle
  • How do you tag a jellyfish? By Diane Richards, for the Monterrey Bay Aquarium’s Conservation and Science Blog. 

    Read More “Flesh eating sea lice, illegal eel fishing, and whale graveyards: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 10th, 2017” »

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