Monday, April 26, 2010

"Project Serpent" (video)

"Three-foot nemertean worms and carnivorous sea stars prowl the Antarctic in search of flesh..."

Giant deep sea jellyfish filmed in Gulf of Mexico

Be quiet, try not to be noticed...

"He explained: 'We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.'"

Stephen Hawking Warns over Making Contact with Aliens

Thursday, April 22, 2010

HPLPotD: Zoth Ommog



The Big Picture: Bobtail

Notice how different the two heads look!

Monday, April 19, 2010

The Bloop

"The array has since been used to track many fascinating undersea events, such as whale migrations, earthquakes, ocean currents, volcanic activity , and the shifting of Antarctic ice. But one sound captured by the sensitive SOSUS hydrophones has scientists puzzled. It fits the profile of a living creature, but for a creature to create this sound it would have to be significantly larger than a blue whale, which is believed to be the largest animal ever to have lived."

The Call of the Bloop

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Humanity is Not Ready to Know

"Kepler, the NASA mission manoeuvring to spot the first Earth-like extrasolar planet, is supposed to publicly release data in June for the 156,000 stars at which the orbiting telescope stares. But on Monday a NASA advisory panel recommended that Kepler be allowed to censor 400 'objects of interest'..."


NASA panel agrees to Kepler team request to withhold key observations.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Remnants of the Elder Things

"Pulled out of a briny, sulfurous hellhole 3.5 kilometers below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, the newfound creatures look like tiny cups with tentacles sticking out."

Multicelled animals may live oxygen-free