Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 9/14/2007 § SEEDMAGAZINE.COM

Seed’s Daily Zeitgeist: 9/14/2007

September 13, 2007

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

Dover Trial - Intelligent Design Gets Its Day in Court
A BBC special looks at the war on evolution from the outside.
Iapetus
Cassini’s sending back some beauts.
What’s the best way to praise a child? Be specific.
It’ll help them persevere when they don’t get it right the first time.
Why Pairing Science and Atheism is High-Brow
Jake jumps into this ongoing discussion, via John Dewey. Jason responds.
An Angry Rant on the Subject of Superstring Theory
Ha. Apparently somebody got burned by an untested theory.

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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.