Culture / Events
Hello, You’ve Won the Nobel
Nobel Week / by / October 8, 2009
The man who delivers the news to Nobel laureates on tradition, joy, and voicemail.
Now In Events
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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.
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iGEM 2008: Novice Bioengineers Get Their Freak On
A recent iGEM judge reflects on spontaneous dance parties and the future of molecular machines.
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What Future for NASA?
America's space agency faces uncertain future on its 50th anniversary.
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Large and in Charge
Particles are accelerated to unprecedented speeds at CERN's Large Hadron Collider with ultimate hopes of uncovering the universe's darkest secrets.
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On Location: Eat This!
Science meets haute cuisine when a molecular gastronome presents his culinary innovations to Montreal foodies.
Artifacts
Opera in the Fifth Dimension
In Hypermusic Prologue, physicist Lisa Randall re-imagines her extradimensional theories of the universe as opera.
Reporting On
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.
Events
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.
Reporting On
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.
Now on SEEDMAGAZINE.COM
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World
Sad Sacks
As a UK adviser is fired over politically unpalatable advice and an English teacher is suspended over an article about animal sexuality, the fate of facts is on the line.
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Ideas
Sweet Obesity
As obesity rates soar, Americans are consuming more low-calorie artificial sweeteners. But do artificial sweeteners actually help people lose weight?
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Books
Books to Read Now
November releases feature the mysteries of Grigori Perelman, the evolutionary origins of reading, and strategies for containing strains of flu.
