Culture / Events
Scent as Design
Design / by / March 23, 2010
This week, scientists, designers, and artists will gather in New York to discuss how our lives could be transformed by recognizing scent as design.
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Opera in the Fifth Dimension
In Hypermusic Prologue, physicist Lisa Randall re-imagines her extradimensional theories of the universe as opera.
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Summit Notes: State of Innovation
Seed and The Council on Competitiveness brought together thought leaders from science, business, academia, and design to discuss the future of innovation.
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The Dymaxion Tomorrow
A city-wide vehicle sharing program, a latrine block that treats sewage on-site, and bicycles that double as ambulances take top honors in the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge.
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20 Years of the World Wide Web
In the two decades since a small group of researchers adopted a hyperlink system to share data between institutions, scientific research — and the world — have changed profoundly.
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Excitement and Caution at AAAS
Thousands gather in Chicago for the world's largest scientific conference.
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Kerry: US Will Have Cap & Trade by End of the Year
At sustainability conference, global leaders wonder where the investments will come from to build a green economy.
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Report From Dubai
Last November, the World Economic Forum convened thought leaders and heads of industry to discuss the state of the world. Seed followed up to ask where we go from here.
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Field Museum
Constructing art and science on a frozen Minnesota lake.
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From Earth to the Universe
Seed kicks off the International Year of Astronomy with a slideshow of awe-inspiring astronomical snapshots of our universe.
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Cold Truth
At a recent celebration of the International Polar Year in New York, artists and scientists share work inspired by the shifting landscape of Antarctica.
Research Blogging
If it’s Inspiring, Can it Be Wrong?
After attending last week’s ScienceOnline conference in North Carolina, Dave Munger asks whether relying on titillating tactics is a boon or bane for promoting science to the public.
Research Blogging
Science and/or Faith
Should a "scientific" meeting attempt to address questions of faith? If so, what's the best way to do it?
Research Blogging
The Back-Channel of Science
Scientists are exploiting online tools to facilitate research and communication in an increasingly flat media landscape. What are the implications for science?
Nobel Week
Hello, You’ve Won the Nobel
The man who delivers the news to Nobel laureates on tradition, joy, and voicemail.
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
