- Dolly’s Creator Moves Away from Cloning
Though cloning is still an oft-mentioned policy hurdle, many scientists are moving on. - The things I didn’t believe in graduate school
Yes, graduate school is a painful process. But it’s also the last chance many academics get to simply learn. - Trapped: Mental Illness in America’s Prisons
Jenn Ackerman’s video essay is beautiful, haunting, and revealing. - Video Stores vs. Online Rentals
Believe it or not, Netflix is an extremely green choice. - Dogs catch yawns from humans
Can we really be in that much of a funding crush if inter-species yawning studies are being funded? Just saying.
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Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/6/2008
August 6, 2008
Five issues, insights, and observations shaping our perspective, from the editors of Seed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
