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Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/4/2008

August 4, 2008

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

Your Science Your Say
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Micro Microscope
This edition of NPR’s Science Friday looks at the potential applications for the newly invented microscopic microscope.
What Will the LHC Find?
This thorough cheat sheet tells you all you need to know about what possible discoveries might be upcoming at the LHC.
Are We Stuck With ‘Blah, Blah, Blah, ... Bang’?
Call it future discounting or call it dumb—our species seems to lack the ability to act until it’s afraid. Why?
Our brains react differently to artificial vs human intelligence
Brain scanners: the new turing test.

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Innovation

Let There Be Light

Astronomers will soon find scores of Earth-sized exoplanets, but imaging them may be decades away. That is, unless NASA decides to build a starshade.
Ideas

Into the Uncanny Valley

New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
World

Signs from Above

The release of an apocalyptic movie prompts NASA to debunk planetary rumors, fowl play shuts down the LHC, and the Catholic Church discusses alien life.