Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Nebula
July 8 2023A mysterious squid-like cosmic cloud, this nebula is very faint, but also very large in planet Earth’s sky. In the image, composed with 30 hours of narrowband image...
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Friday Squid Blogging: See-Through Squid
July 1 2023Doryteuthis opalescens is known as the market squid, and was critical in the recent squid RNA research. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Giggling Squid
June 24 2023Giggling Squid is a Thai chain in the UK. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their RNA
June 17 2023This is just crazy:
Scientists don’t yet know for sure why octopuses, and other shell-less cephalopods including squid and cuttlefish, are such prolific editors. Researchers are debating whether this...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Light-Emitting Squid
June 10 2023It’s a Taningia danae:
Their arms are lined with two rows of sharp retractable hooks. And, like most deep-sea squid, they are adorned with light organs called photophores. They...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Chromolithographs
June 3 2023Beautiful illustrations. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. EDITED TO...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course
May 27 2023Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
Read moreA Peruvian oversight law has the opposite effect:
Peru in 2020 began requiring any foreign fishing boat entering its ports to use a vessel monitoring system allowing its activities...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video
May 13 2023A video—authentic, not a deep fake—of a giant squid close to the surface. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Read moreThe viral video of the “Mediterranean beef squid”is a hoax. It’s not even a deep fake; it’s a plastic toy. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
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