Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 6/2/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 6/2/2008

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

The ScienceBlogs Book Club: The Microbe That Took Over My Life
Carl Zimmer kicks off a discussion of Microcosm, his biography of E. coli.
Put a Little Science in Your Life
Keep kids interested in the big questions as they grow up.
Why we should love logarithms
They’re a very natural way to think about numbers. (via 3QD)
Who needs sex? - Rotifers import genes from fungi, bacteria and plants
And they seem to be doing a great job of it.
Space Plumbing 101
Lovely…

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Originally published June 1, 2008

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