Tag: John Burns
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The New York Times: In an $80 Motel Room, a Discovery to Shed Light on the Origins of Life
The best science takes place outside of the box. Remarkable discoveries often happen in the unlikeliest of places — even in a North Carolina motel…
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Two Bigelow Laboratory researchers named as Hypothesis Fund Awardees
We are pleased to share that two Bigelow Laboratory researchers have been selected as the newest Hypothesis Fund awardees! Senior research scientists Catherine Mitchell and…
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🪼 Siphonophores, jellies, squids…oh my!
We had a packed house last week for SRS John Burns’ Café Sci talk on the extraordinary life hidden in the ocean’s midwater — one…
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Transect Magazine: New Technology for Ocean Discovery
This story originally appeared in the Summer 2026 edition of Transect. As the Artemis II crew celebrated a successful return from their groundbreaking mission to…
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Podcast: Lessons from Lab & Life, Interview with John Burns
In this episode of the Lab & Life podcast from New England Biolabs, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Senior Research Scientist John Burns spoke about…
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Bigelow Laboratory’s Café Sci
Bigelow Laboratory’s Café Sci is a fun, free way for you to dive into global ocean issues and opportunities with leading scientists. This summer, Café…
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The Mysterious Midwater Society
An international research team, including two researchers from Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, discovered 31 new marine species over two weeks off the coast of Brazil.…
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Schmidt Ocean Institute: Tiny Copepods, Big Impact
“They’ve kind of solved all the niches that are out there in the world, and so if you’ve got an interesting question, you can go…
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Marveling at the Midwater
Bigelow Laboratory senior research scientists David Fields and John Burns are currently taking part in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Designing the Future 3 expedition aboard…
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Of Microbes and Mud
Most visitors to Maine are familiar with the murky — often smelly — mudflats that line much of our coast. What they may not realize,…
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Top of the Class
Through a unique partnership with Colby College, several Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences scientists regularly step outside the lab and into the classroom — bringing…