To: All From: Captain Tortuga Re: Samples Anyone who went to the bioengineering seminar this weekend and picked up some of the free samples from the various vendor booths might want to take note that we have heard reports that some of said samples have unpredictable and unexpected reactions when exposed to sea water. For [...]
To: All From: Captain Tortuga Re: Safety Tips To whomever took specimens D32A-5 through D33B-1 without filling out the proper “Preserved Failed Experimental Specimen Vial Checkout Form” please return them ASAP. Dr. Kippers has discovered that prolonged exposure to some of these specimens may cause irreversible death and possible flesh wounds such as limb implosion. [...]
To: All From: Captain Tortuga Re: Thar be cupcakes! To whomever parked the minisub in the moon-pool last, please try again. The entry hatch needs to be pointed up. In the air. Not, I repeat, NOT submerged. You have until lunchtime to remedy the situation, otherwise I will be forced to implement some experimental disciplinary [...]
To: All From: Captain Tortuga Re: This Week’s Events and Announcements First off, I would like to congratulate everyone in their fine performance during last week’s unspeakable-horror-is-attacking-the-ship drill. Everyone responded to the drill in record time. Bravo! If that had been a real unspeakable horror, I am proud to say most of us would have [...]
Just the other day I was thinking, “You know what would be handy? A knife wielding robot!” Luckily, my prayers to the awesome-things-that-are-probably-not-a-good-idea-in-retrospect gods have been answered. Behold! Such a contraption has been developed! Not sure why they spent the effort to build fail-safes into it though, it takes all the fun away, IMHO. Speaking [...]
This is by far the most fabulous thing we have seen all week. Bask in its tentacled fondant goodness. Bask, I tell you. BASK! Mmmm… octocake… Photo © Karen Portaleo/ Highland Bakery Special thanks to The Secret Lair for bringing this wonderful cephalopod creation to our attention.
Did you know there are Giant Worms in the USA? Well we are lucky and blessed to have found some just this week, on March 27 – they had been presumed extinct! Now I wonder what fish you could catch with a giant worm? If fishing isn’t your thing, you can still watch the Live Octopus Cam at [...]
A tooth for an eye? Yes, it’s true with modified osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis. (Just think of the Scrabble points you would get for that.) And it has been performed in the US for the first time. And, well, it’s not inconspicuous, but if it restores your eyesight, I’m all for it. New Planet discovered, the size of [...]
Robots To Clear the Baltic Seafloor of WW-II Mines – Robots remotely detonating bombs? What could possibly go wrong? Why Fish Hold the Key to Increasing Wind Farm Power – Because if there’s one thing that fish are experts at it’s fluid dynamics. And, as every fish (and Mythbuster) knows, drafting is a good thing. [...]
Not Kryptonite – When is Kryptonite not Kryptonite? When you actually discover the chemical compound referenced in the movie – but the name is copyrighted. Sadly it doesn’t even glow green (but it does fluoresce pinkish-orange). It Burns! – Have you ever wanted a nefarious substance that, once ignited, cannot be doused by pesky heroes [...]
