Flying Spaghetti Monster 12/22/15

By John Racanelli

Published December 23, 2015 at 10:11 AM EST

It's easy to think of science as clear, clean and linear - the progressive accumulation of information driving a steady increase in our understanding of the world. But, in truth, it's messy. There are fits and starts. Bafflement. Wrong turns. Dead ends. Head-scratching questions that defy answers. There are also a lot of happy accidents, often made by people not even in science - as the workers on an oil and gas rig off the coast of Angola discovered in August of 2015.

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As chief executive officer, John Racanelli leads a team of 600 full and part-time employees and 1,000 volunteers in pursuing the National Aquarium’s mission to inspire conservation of the world’s aquatic treasures. More than 1.5 million people annually visit the Aquarium’s venue in Baltimore, Maryland, while millions more are touched by the Aquarium’s education programs, outreach activities, social media campaigns and conservation initiatives.

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