Life & Ocean Science
This summer has been INCREDIBLY busy. Starting in June, work has been ground zero of one of the largest summer camps in the entire area. Each week for 11 weeks, about 80 kids ranging in age from 4 years old to 18 years old descends upon the aquarium en masse. It’s 11 weeks of pure... Continue Reading →
Long, but worthwhile, post alert! Like many people, I listen to music when I work. It helps me focus and block out distractions. Most of the time it is instrumental type music (with orchestral movie soundtracks being my favorite, nerd alert!), but not all of the time. I do enjoy listening to a wide variety... Continue Reading →
If you don’t experience a major setback, road block or utter failure in your research or project, do you even STEM?? Hahaha… ugh. We've all been there. One day you are flying high! Your research/project is humming along like a well oiled engine. You feel like you are saving the world, you are making a... Continue Reading →
It’s not a holiday you may have heard about or celebrated before – but it’s one you should definitely add to your calendar nonetheless (and really, isn’t any excuse to party and celebrate a good one? 😉 ) When the United Nations signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and... Continue Reading →
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen Blood – My personal addition. Not on the original quote list, I know, but stay with me - it fits! Many of you undoubtedly know that blood is very salty – that’s why hospitals give you saline, not fresh, water drips... Continue Reading →
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea. Isak Dinesen Continuing on with the theme of self reflection, the second part of my favorite quote... Tears – This is the one I associate with passion and purpose. During the long hours of studying, the achy nights after work, the many missed... Continue Reading →
Salt Water in My Veins 