Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 5/4/2007 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 5/4/2007

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

The TIME 100 - Scientists & Thinkers
Time chose some pretty awesome people for their list. (But why is Michael Behe writing about Richard Dawkins?)
Hearts & Minds
Thinking and feeling may not be so separate after all. (via Mungers)
Dulary’s Diary
The Philadelphia Zoo has turned an elephant over to the Elephant Sanctuary in central Tennessee. And she has a diary! (via The Lede)
Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900)
This is what the world looked like seven years ago, right?
Chicken chicken chicken
An important presentation from the AAAS meeting this February. (via Doc Bushwell)

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Originally published May 3, 2007

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I Tried Almost Everything Else

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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.