Obama to lift stem cell ban "soon", group of physicists may have proved time is an illusion, pill developed to erase bad memories, science investments paying off in the Islamic world...

  • Obama to lift ban on stem cell research soon
    Obama adviser David Axelrod told “Fox News Sunday” that the President will soon issue an executive order lifting Bush’s eight-year ban embryonic stem cell research.
  • Seven things you need to know about time
    For starters, smokers who are quitting experience time slower than the rest of us; and one group of physicists has recently found a way to do quantum physics without invoking time, which suggests that time really is an illusion.
  • Pill to erase bad memories: Ethical furore over drugs ‘that threaten human identity’
    A drug which appears to erase painful memories has been developed by scientists. Now come the ethical questions brought up by eliminating the experiences that arguably make us human.
  • New wave for Islamic science
    Measures taken to promote science in recent years are having an impact in the Islamic world. Turkey, for example, has doubled its research spending in the past five years and Qatar has set a target to reach the developed-world average of spending 2.8% of their national income on science by the same deadline.
  • A pharmacopeia of t-shirts
    T-shirts emblazoned with molecules are a favorite of chemistry nerds, but you’ll need to expand your wardrobe thanks a website called moleculewear.com, which print shirts featuring over 40 drug molecules, from antidepressants and painkillers to neurotransmitters and even MSG. (via Mind Hacks)

Got something for Daily Zeitgeist? Email us.

Originally published February 16, 2009

Tags

Share this Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More

Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

  • 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.

  • Ideas

    Going, Going, Gone

    The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.

  • 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.

The Seed Salon

Video: conversations with leading scientists and thinkers on fundamental issues and ideas at the edge of science and culture.

Are We Beyond the Two Cultures?

Video: Seed revisits the questions C.P. Snow raised about science and the humanities 50 years by asking six great thinkers, Where are we now?

Saved by Science

Audio slideshow: Justine Cooper's large-format photographs of the collections behind the walls of the American Museum of Natural History.

The Universe in 2009

In 2009, we are celebrating curiosity and creativity with a dynamic look at the very best ideas that give us reason for optimism.

Revolutionary Minds
The Interpreters

In this installment of Revolutionary Minds, five people who use the new tools of science to educate, illuminate, and engage.

The Seed Design Series

Leading scientists, designers, and architects on ideas like the personal genome, brain visualization, generative architecture, and collective design.

The Seed State of Science

Seed examines the radical changes within science itself by assessing the evolving role of scientists and the shifting dimensions of scientific practice.

A Place for Science

On the trail of the haunts, homes, and posts of knowledge, from the laboratory to the field.

Portfolio

Witness the science. Stunning photographic portfolios from the pages of Seed magazine.

SEEDMAGAZINE.COM by Seed Media Group. ©2005-2012 Seed Media Group LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Sites by Seed Media Group: Seed Media Group | ScienceBlogs | Research Blogging | SEEDMAGAZINE.COM