Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 6/26/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 6/26/2008

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

Microbes Eating Away at Pieces of History
Cyanobacteria are destroying Angkor Wat, along with hundreds of other heritage sites around the globe.
The fMRI smackdown cometh
Vaughan breaks down the current backlash against fMRI ubiquity.
Amazing green moving light thingy. It’s chemistry!
A spellbinding video demonstrates a chemical compound that changes color when light is applied to it.
Neurocinematics
A new data analysis technique reveals the true genius of Alfred Hitchcock.
“Untraining” The Brain: Meditation and Executive Function
Meditation and hypnosis can bring some normally automatic brain functions under your control.

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Originally published June 26, 2008

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