Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/6/2008 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 8/6/2008

August 6, 2008

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

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.

Seed

Ideas

Invoking the Magic of the Mind

Are secrets of the evolution of the mind to be found by imagining the ancestors of tool-wielding crows, or is such an approach strictly for the birds?
Culture

Photographer to the Stars

Famed space photographer David Malin talks about why his new compilation, Ancient Light, is in black and white and on the role of aesthetics in astronomy.
Innovation

Serious Fun

Kodu doesn’t have realistic graphics, huge explosions, or even a way to win. But it just might change the way we think about the world.