Articles from 09/2008
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Turning a Blind Eye
An image said to reveal an "unknown" tribe instead exposes a history of our ignorance and greed.
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Of Mice and Models
New research shows that neurons across species are not created equal. What does this mean for animal research?
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Mechanical Generation
The unveiling of a 3-D printer that was built to build itself is hailed as a step toward "Darwinian Marxism."
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Cribsheet #17: Solar Power
Seed's Downloadable Tool for Living in the 21st Century
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Beauty and the Brain
Neuroaesthetics promises to reinvigorate science's search for a theory of beauty.
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Large and in Charge
Particles are accelerated to unprecedented speeds at CERN's Large Hadron Collider with ultimate hopes of uncovering the universe's darkest secrets.
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The Creation Simulation
Why does a blockbuster video game that embraces biological evolution resemble intelligent design?
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Video games are reshaping how we perform and promote science.
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Steven Pinker on Swearing and Violence
Ideas are connected in circuitous ways, and you never know when a discovery in one area will shed light on another.
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Seed Salon: Jill Tarter + Will Wright
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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Innovation
Let There Be Light
Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
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Ideas
Into the Uncanny Valley
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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World
Signs from Above
The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.
