Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 7/27/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 7/27/2006

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

Confessions of a “Genetic Outlaw”
Elizabeth Schlitz received a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. She carried to term anyway. (via Hit & Run)
Rainy Day Distractions
Karmen out-Zeitgeists Zeitgeist with this list of 10 fun links—one for each ScienceBlogs category. The “subservient chicken” is especially fun but not especially subservient…unless “pick up the stool” is common slang for “trash the couch.”
Solar System Collisions
Crash large objects into your favorite (or least favorite) planets, and see the catastrophe that results!
The Best: Deadly Poisons, Ingested or Inhaled
While we’re wrecking civilization with asteroids, let’s look at how people can succumb to another grim fate: poisoning. Christopher Null has awarded points for style.
I ain’t got no soul
Sing it, sister.

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Originally published July 26, 2006

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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.