Science is Incredible!: 18ft fish found off the coast in California

Thursday, 17 October 2013

18ft fish found off the coast in California

An 18ft Oarfish was found off the California coast. This monstrous fish weighed enough that it took 15 people to drag it onshore. It was found by Jasmine Santana of the Catalina Island Marine Institute and represents a unique find. The oarfish is capable of dives of at least 914 meters, making its observation rare.

The telegraph has coverage of the event below, and you can check out the full story here.

Science is everywhere.

Science is the tool that lets us describe the mysteries of life. As humankind has developed through the ages, so has our understanding.

In the beginning we observed our world with only our eyes, through which we came to understand that the sun rises and falls, earth is made of dirt which is made of smaller dirt particles, apples fall when they are dropped, etc.

Eventually we invented: telescopes, microscopes, oscilloscopes, spectroscopes and hundreds of other scientific instruments. We begun to understand that the way the earth moved around the sun was what caused the sun to rise and set. Not only was dirt made of smaller dirt, but it was made of smaller particles yet, which we called atoms. There were forces in the universe that not only caused objects to fall (gravity), but caused charges to repulse or attract, as well as the weak and strong forces that effect small particles.

It is important for all of humankind to embrace the effects of science on our society. Hopefully, through this Blog, I can show you that science is important, its subjects diverse and its ever evolving.