Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 9/1/2006 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 9/1/2006

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

Take One Last Look
50 foot waves do not look pretty crashing on an island with a 21 foot maximum elevation. Soon Ioke heads to Japan.
Cosmotions
See the sky doing its glorious thing. Comets and auroras and moons setting, oh my!
When I say centrifugal, I mean centrifugal!
Just because it’s fictitious, doesn’t mean it’s not real.
Crawling Amoeba
Own up, kid: You totally want to move via pseudopod.
MC Plus+ - Downloads
Listen to the computer science-lovin’ rapper perform his “chip hop.” Do the java jive.

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Originally published August 31, 2006

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