Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 5/8/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 5/8/2008

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

350.org
Bill McKibben has launched a campaign to unite the world around reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide to 350 parts per million. (via Nisbet)
Frans de Waal Answers Your Primate Questions
Learn about monkey inequity aversion and (of course) bonobo sex.
Half of 1/25th of the missing Universe is found
I spy, with my little eye, something that is dim and hot and emits at very short wavelengths.
Did humans face extinction 70,000 years ago?
John Hawks has a detailed discussion of the recent paper and how to determine population size.
Creationism Disproved?
It’s less about disproving creationism, per se, than about showcasing an awesome example of evolution.

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Originally published May 7, 2008

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