Tag Archives: funding

Research in the National Interest

Posted on 2015/11/11 by Sam

The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology approved legislation today that would require the National Science Foundation to explain, for every research grant it awards, how that grant is “in the national interest.” This is a new chapter in … Continue reading →

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James Cameron, Back from the Deep

Posted on 2015/01/15 by Sam

“Hi, I’m James Cameron. You may remember me from such blockbusters as Alien and Titanic. But today, I’m here to talk to you about something different: trends in deep-sea epibenthic biodiversity.” Well, that’s how Troy McClure might say it. On … Continue reading →

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Beebe, Barton, Cameron

Posted on 2012/04/02 by Sam

Writing the last post, I got thinking about the parallels between James Cameron’s recent dive and the first-ever human descents into the deep ocean, which were done in the early 1930’s by two men named William Beebe and Otis Barton[1]. … Continue reading →

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Challenges, Deep-sea and Budgetary

Posted on 2012/03/31 by Sam

Last weekend, film director James Cameron descended alone into the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench, the deepest known point in the world’s oceans. He was the third human to do so, and the first since 1960. Four days later, … Continue reading →

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