Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/2/2007 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/2/2007

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

Simulation of C₆₀ Melting
This is what a buckyball looks like as it approaches 8500 Kelvin.
Intercourse and Intelligence
Everybody’s talking about these studies showing something of an inverse relationship between IQ and sexual activity.
Alpha male pheromones stimulate neurogenesis in the female brain
Hanging around dominant males actually changes females’ brains. Funky.
TED Talks - William Kamkwamba: How I built my family a windmill
At age 14, this guy powered his home.
Motion
We can balance ourselves, we can recognize faces, we can discover the mysteries of the universe, but we can’t do this.

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Originally published August 1, 2007

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