Awesome People, Awesome Caves, Awesome Sharks, Awesome Awesome.

Muahaha. Awesome things are awesome.



Awesome people are also awesome.
Like Karl Huggins, diving expert at USC.
Cool diving interview?
I think yes.

Hyperbaric chamber, USC Wrigley Marine Center, Catalina Island.

http://news.yahoo.com/usc-dornsife-scientific-diving-interview-karl-huggins-110000862.html;_ylt=ApRtEw5zLM3YYrQgRjRlVQ4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0aXBxYjE0BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YEcGtnAzUxOGI5ODAxLTRmZGMtMzVhMi04M2YxLTJjYmRkNmJkYmY4NwRwb3MDMTAEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDMzIyODUxOTEtYjU4MC0xMWUxLWFiZjktZjNhMzA3ZGE1OTdh;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

More on Huggins:

http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/15375.html





The Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico are famous for their winding halls and stalactites/stalagmites, and despite being explored for over a century, new passages are still found.
In May, a system of passages and caverns was discovered, and it was named Oz.
Oz includes such features as a huge pillar called Kansas Twister (155 ft) and a large dome-like room... Munchkin Land.
Cool things are cool.
Moving on.

A cavern in the newly discovered Oz.

http://news.yahoo.com/secret-passages-discovered-carlsbad-caverns-171814076.html;_ylt=Aq_iILvRfUnSZ8Mntnav3s0PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0NTRlM2QxBG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YEcGtnA2JiZGM5NTUwLTNiN2ItMzQ5OC05YzQ4LTVjYTIzZTc2YTM4NARwb3MDMTQEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDNzEyMjUzODEtYjU3ZC0xMWUxLWJmZGYtMTI5MTdhMzNkZjkw;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3





Sharks...they're closer than you think.
Researchers at University College, Dublin, have examined a fish from the Paleozoic period (approximately 290 million years ago), Acanthodes bronni, one of the earliest gnathostomes(vertebrates with jaws) and placoderms (armored fish).
Molds were made to reconstruct the craniums of these fascinating fish, and when compared with the chondrichthyes (the group made up of sharks and rays) and osteichthye (the group of bony fishes, ex. sardines, mackerel), the Acanthodes was far closer to the sharks, and the relatives of these fish range from birds to fish to humans.
This research will help solve the mysteries behind sharks and their relationship to humans.
Huzzah!

Molds of the cranium of Acanthodes bronni.



Acanthodes bronni.


http://news.yahoo.com/distant-human-ancestor-had-shark-head-171350335.html;_ylt=AvRIeAsKcr_nPeJgrBIx5N8PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTN0MTgzbnZ1BG1pdANUb3BTdG9yeSBTY2llbmNlU0YEcGtnA2NlMWZiZjFjLWNiMWItMzk0OS05MWVlLTJlNDYxNDNmYTc3NgRwb3MDMTYEc2VjA3RvcF9zdG9yeQR2ZXIDMGNhMTM4NTEtYjU3Yy0xMWUxLWFmZmYtYTcyZDRkYjMyYjg1;_ylg=X3oDMTFlamZvM2ZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdAMEcHQDc2VjdGlvbnM-;_ylv=3

More on this fantastical news:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2158733/Acanthodes-bronni-Humans-evolved-prehistoric-SHARK-300m-years-ago.html

Science seriously rules.