Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 2/21/2007 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 2/21/2007

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

Seed Loves Threadless
Design a rad “science is culture” t-shirt, and win valuable prizes! Seriously. They’re objectively valuable. And the contest is subjectively the coolest thing ever.
An uninformative “experiment” on dichloroacetate (DCA) and cancer
You are not a representative sample.
The Certainty Bias
Are you sure? Or do you just want to be?
Picture imperfect
If you’ve ever wondered if that stem cell picture was faked or that incriminating shot was photoshopped, this mathematician’s your man. (via 3QD)
Ali G- Science
Ali G is not a Homo sapiens.

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Originally published February 20, 2007

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