Articles from 12/2008
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From Earth to the Universe
Seed kicks off the International Year of Astronomy with a slideshow of awe-inspiring astronomical snapshots of our universe.
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Kepler’s Year
An ambitious mission launching in 2009 searches for planets like our own.
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Kathmandu: Diplomatic Waters
Reporting from the developing world, traveling science writer Gaia Vince relays her first dispatch from the meltwaters of the Himalaya.
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A Still Curious Case
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button grapples with age-old fears of death and aging, physiological processes that modern science is only beginning to understand.
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Longevity Research
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Seed Picks 2008
Seed selects the year's outstanding book releases, from Mary Roach's sex book, Bonk, to E.O. Wilson's ant colony opus, The Superorganism.
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Group Think
A Tel Aviv University professor melds math and sociology of the Internet to predict the next big thing in music.
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The Advisors
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Yeast Gone Wild
Feral yeast shed light on one of Darwin's greatest evolutionary puzzles, by getting drunk and socializing.
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Cold Truth
At a recent celebration of the International Polar Year in New York, artists and scientists share work inspired by the shifting landscape of Antarctica.
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Predicting Outbreaks
Satellites, a shift in epidemiology, and Google combine to stop disease before it starts.
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Harun Yahya’s Dark Arts
One-on-one with the Turkish creationist who uses bad science and bizarre art to spread his vision of a troubled world.
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Flu-gle
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A Tale of Two Galaxies
Two radically different approaches to the story of modern physics reveal how we learn — and learn to love — science.
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Footprint of the Fittest
Can we identify how cultures evolve — and if so, can we change our collective course for the good of the planet?
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Needham’s Grand Question
As China reemerges on the science frontier, Simon Winchester offers a vivid account of one man's mission to illuminate its innovative past.
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Of Primates and Personhood
Will according rights and "dignity" to nonhuman organisms halt research?
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The Biohacking Hobbyist
Why does all biology happen in academic or industrial labs? Mac Cowell, cofounder of DIYbio, seeks to change that.
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iGEM 2008: Novice Bioengineers Get Their Freak On
A recent iGEM judge reflects on spontaneous dance parties and the future of molecular machines.
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Bigger Faster Better
Craig Venter, the man who sequenced the human genome, explains in a Seed exclusive what's holding science back and how he intends to fix it.
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The Scientist in 2008
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Revolutionary Minds: Tracey Brown
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DIY Science
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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Ideas
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.
