Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 10/31/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 10/31/2008

October 31, 2008

Spooky space photos, twisting the numbers to make votes count, ten more things you didn't know about black holes, dramatic bees, our muddied Milky Way...

Isabella Rossellini’s Bees
Nature has never been more dramatic, and bees just keep getting cooler.
Light Pollution
Who knew that Thomas Edison’s fateful invention would tarnish our appreciation of the sublime universe and make a bird’s migration that much more treacherous.
Why your ballot isn’t as meaningless as you think.
Being reduced to a statistic is no fun especially when they tell you your vote doesn’t count, but Slate twists the numbers to make voting a bit more meaningful.
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Black Holes
Too often cast as simplistic voids, Bad Astronomy informs us otherwise.
Spooky Images From Space
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