I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto. Let a man practise...

When people think of the ocean, they usually think of the clear, blue waters just beyond the shores where creatures of every color and size dwell. The scientific name for this area is the Pelagic zone, the area of the ocean where most o...

"The will to understand, conserve, and protect ocean life is at the very core of the Ocean Conservatory's mission. To fulfill this mission, the Ocean Conservatory seeks to: protect marine ecosystems, prevent marine pollutio...

Ocean disposal of society's waste got its start indirectly long before the Agricultural Age when nearby streams, lakes, and estuaries were useful as waste repositories. As civilization moved to the coastal zone and navigation began ...

Two-thirds of Earth's surface is covered by oceans. These bodies of water are vast reservoirs of renewable energy. In a four-day period, the planet's oceans absorb an amount of thermal energy from the sun and kinetic energy from the win...

Ocean dumping is internationally defined as "any deliberate disposal at sea of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, platforms, or other man-made structures at sea, and any deliberate disposal at sea of vessels, aircraft,...

For many years, scientists have been aware of one enormous reservoir of energy on the earth's surface: the oceans. As sunlight falls on the oceans, its energy is absorbed by seawater. The oceans are in one sense, therefore, a huge...

A deep-sea trench is a narrow, elongate, v-shaped depression in the ocean floor. Trenches are the deepest parts of the ocean, and the lowest points on Earth, reaching depths of nearly 7 mi (10 km) below sea level. These long, narrow, curvi...

Praise the sea; on shore remain. Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer. He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. The s...

Ocean's Thirteen is a 2007 film in which Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff. Directed by Steven Soderbergh . Written by Brian Koppelman...

Ochlocracy (Greek: οχλοκρατια; Latin: ochlocratia) is government by mob or a disorganized mass of people. Ochlocracy is also used as a pejorative term for democracy and more specifically, majoritarianism . Sourced "...the other w...

Octal notation is a method of representing octal (base 8) numbers using the eight numerals 0-7. Octal notation uses positional notation and powers of 8 to express to express numbers in a manner similar to that of the familiar decimal syste...

Octave Crémazie (1827-1879) was a Canadian poet who was closely linked to the emergence of French-Canadian literature. Known as Octave, Claude-Joseph-Olivier Crémazie was born on Nov. 8, 1827, and educated in Quebec. He becam...

1875-1957 French bacteriologist who with Jules Bordet described the bacterium responsible for causing whooping cough (Pertussis). While working at the Pasteur Institute in Brussels, the two researchers successfully cultured the bacterium i...

Best known for his controversial novels and plays, Octave Mirbeau remains to be rediscovered as a short-fiction writer and art critic. He championed the causes of unknown artists who were destined to become giants in their fields: first an...

The Mexican diplomat, playwright, and essayist, Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was internationally regarded as one of the principal poets of the twentieth century. His work was formally recognized in 1990 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in li...

An octet is a storage unit that is always composed of a sequence of exactly eight bits. A bit (a contraction of binary digit) is the smallest piece of information (or unit of data) used by a computer. A bit possesses a binary value, either...

October's child is born for woe, And life's vicissitudes must know; But lay on Opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest. October turned by maple's leaves to gold; The most are gone now; here and there one lingers; Soon the...

October 14 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 It is better to debate a question without deciding it than to decide it without debate. ~ Joseph Joubert selected by 2005 love is the every only god ~ E. E. Cummings (born 14 October 1...

October 3 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2003 We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. ~ The Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot ~ selec...

October 8 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2003 We've moved away from being a culture of people who think about movies to one made up of people who believe that spouting a list of preferences is the same as registering an opinion. ~ ...

October 12 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ~ Christopher Reeve selected by 2005 Tragedy ...

October 5 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility ...

October 21 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 It doesn't matter if we were down 3-0. You've just got to keep the faith. The game is not over until the last out. ~ David Ortiz selected by 2005 Genius is one per cent inspiration, ni...

October 28 Quotes of the day from previous years: 2004 We're just being ourselves and having fun playing baseball. The biggest thing is when people look at our team, they can see that we're having a lot of fun. ~ Johnny Damon selected by ,...