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.

World

Sad Sacks

As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
Ideas

Sweet Obesity

As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
Books

Books to Read Now

November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.