Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 4/21/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 4/21/2006

April 21, 2006

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

MESSENGER images of the Earth
You can see the Amazon reflecting infrared! Yeah, that thing right in front is South America; the lower right corner is Africa. These are pretty impressive test shots.
Cuttlefish Video
Camouflage is nifty. (via Afarensis)
Psychiatry Experts Linked to Drug Makers—And?
Paul Tullis brings up some of that dreaded “history of psychiatry.” But does it really warrant a tirade to Matt Lauer?
Gov’t hopes free science magazine will add chemistry to young lovers’ dates
My love for you is like dark matter: You can’t directly observe it, you don’t know what it’s made of, but trust me, there’s a lot of it. Can we make out now? (via FrinkTank)
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Chad Orzel recommends this web comic. We second that motion.

Innovation

Let There Be Light

Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
Ideas

Into the Uncanny Valley

New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
World

Signs from Above

The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.