Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 10/20/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 10/20/2006

Five issues, insights and observations shaping our perspective, from the editors of Seed.

The complete work of Charles Darwin
That pretty much says it. You must be an FCD to enter.
Feminism is undermining human evolution!
He’s ba-ack, and PZ’s fiskier than ever. Learn why a Nature paper didn’t imply that men, not women, are responsible for the split from chimps.
Beast in sediment is photo winner
Another good argument for why you should never erase your walrus pictures.
While You Were Already Missing Project Runway
OMG! Someone’s newly single. Best week everrrrr.
Slow motion water balloon
It’s beautiful…

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Originally published October 19, 2006

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