Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 4/11/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 4/11/2006

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

Tribewanted: Adventure Island
Forget reality TV, this is reality reality: Co-govern a tribe in Fiji and visit the community you create. It’s eco-friendly, adventurous and just a little bit creepy.
Why creationism is wrong and evolution is right
The Royal Society webcasts biologist Steve Jones talking about the evidence for evolution. Tune in at 1:30 pm EDT! (via PZ)
Science Marches On (Over Linus Pauling’s Dead Body)
The (dead) man of the hour is Linus Pauling: Double Nobelist, molecular biologist and radical Vitamin C-ist.
Conceding on climate change
Energy executives want carbon emission caps? The apocalypse must be upon us.
Playing With Time
Through time-lapse photography and super-fast cameras, slow actions speed up (see a forest regenerate in seconds!) and fast actions slow down (watch a water balloon bounce with incredible detail!) (via Cognitive Daily)

Originally published April 10, 2006

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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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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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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.