Articles from 10/2007
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The Evolution of Language
What songbirds, dancing, and knot-tying can tell us about why we speak.
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Camelot is Only a Model: Scientific Literacy in the 21st Century
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Scientific Literacy and the Habit of Discourse
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The Second Annual Seed Science Writing Contest
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A Little Bird Told Me
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Cribsheet #11: Plate Tectonics
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The Meaning of Life
Last week, biologist J. Craig Venter crossed a momentous threshold—creating a living organism with no ancestor. In 2007, Carl Zimmer gave Seed this provocative look at the difficulties inherent in defining "life."
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
