Seed: Science is Culture

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• After the Fire
  The fight over forest recovery
• Where to Go Now
  Seven sites across the globe facing radical alteration due to climate change
• Taking Aim at Scientific Journals
  New, pending legislation could require all government research to be freely available to the public that funded it.
• Americans Far Less Healthy Than Brits
  Despite similar mortality rates, Americans are significantly more disease-prone than English counterparts.
• An Environmental Slap on the Wrist
  California court rules that the Bush administration broke the law by ignoring the Energy Policy Act of 1992.

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• One Kid, Two Kid, Red Kid, Blue Kid
  Study shows correlation between childhood personality and adult political orientation.
• Strange Bedfellows
  Scientists and Christian clergy ally for science, but is it a bond made in heaven?
• The Ad-Busting Brain
  Study shows that some words used in consumer branding only dig so deep into the brain.
• Utah Teen Wins Intel Science Talent Search
  A project on a river's chemical pollution takes top prize at prestigious science competition.
• The Case for Human Guinea Pigs
  It's time to reevaluate the risks and benefits of research on human subjects.
• Yellow, the New Green
  Is ethanol really the alternative fuel of the future?
• Going Where No Report Has Gone Before
  How did a National Academies manifesto get science on the Bush administration's agenda?
• The Changing Face of Yellowstone
  Magma movement below the surface of a crater is shifting the terrain of the National Park.
• The Seed Oscars
  The staff of Seed is pleased to present our awards for 2005's science-related movies.
• Our Engineered Food Supply
  A study takes the nation's pulse on genetically engineered foods.
• Overthrowing Darwin's Number Two Theory
  Researchers object to the theory of sexual selection and replace it with game theory.
• Summers' Fall
  President Lawrence H. Summers was a source of controversy at Harvard, but he always made science a top priority.
• {Force Diagram}: The United States Supreme Court
  For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
• What Makes a Winner
  American and Japanese cultures have different ideas about how to measure success.
• Changing the Way Science Is Taught
  Scientists say President Bush’s plan to improve science education will only work if we develop new teaching methods.