Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/25/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/25/2006

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

Women Working: Thinking, Creating, and Making Science
Propose a book about science that young ladies will love, and get a book contract if these folks dig it.
Ethical Stem Cells?
Jake doesn’t think the new Nature paper will have scientists and religious conservatives joining in glorious stem-cell-funding song.
The Friends of Charles Darwin
The website is redone, and now you can sign up as an official friend to get cool letters after your name!
I guess you can be innumerate and still become a professor of public affairs
PZ takes up MarkCC‘s game and does a darn good job at it.
Do I Get a Badge for This?
Doc Bushwell goes camping!

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Originally published August 24, 2006

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