Seed: Science is Culture

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• Cribsheet #15: Quantum Computing
  Seed's Downloadable Tool for Living in the 21st Century
• A Question of Democracy
  Counting down to the election, America's science community is asking itself some deep questions about the interplay between science and politics.
• Abstract Sculptures of Evolution
  Genes provide only the basic blueprints for our teeth. Shapes and sizes arise from the predictable interaction of molecules that live in the jaw itself.
• "So"
  The anatomy of a scientific staple
• The Market Force of Nature
  Putting the "invisible hand" to work for nature could reshape the values of capitalism.

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• Planetary Protection
  Governments reconsider the risk of Near-Earth asteroid and comet impacts.
• Suspending Life
  If almost every species on Earth was killed some 250 million years ago, how did our ancient ancestors survive and evolve into us?
• Revolutionary Minds: Design & Architecture
  Our first online Revolutionary Minds feature profiles thinkers from the forefront of science-inspired design and architecture.
• Design and the Elastic Mind
  In the emerging dialogue between design and science, scale and pace play fundamental roles. By MoMA curator Paola Antonelli.
• Paola Antonelli + Benoit Mandelbrot
  The curator and the mathematician discuss fractals, architecture, and the death of Euclid.
• Clarke's Magic
  ScienceBlogger GrrlScientist recalls how a quote from Arthur C. Clarke gave meaning to her scientific pursuits.
• Eastern Union
  What will happen when the two most populous nations on Earth join scientific forces?
• Troubled Water
  How do trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in the water affect our bodies?
• Eyeing the Evolutionary Past
  As we survey nature, the eyes of various creatures reveal the underlying means by which a single attribute can express itself over millions of years.
• Out of the Blue
  Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?
• On the Mark
  Germany's new global agenda for science collaboration.
• Secret Science
  Hoarding nuclear secrets - even from enemies - can be downright dangerous.
• Cribsheet #14: Exoplanets
  Seed's Downloadable Tool for Living in the 21st Century
• Canada's Future
  Seed editor-in-chief Adam Bly criticizes the Harper government's decision to abolish the national science adviser and calls on Canada to become a leader in science.
• Will Self + Spencer Wells
  The writer and the genetic anthropologist meet up to talk about place, identity, and what it means to be human.
• On the Mark
• Secret Science
• Cribsheet #14: Exoplanets
• Canada's Future
• Will Self + Spencer Wells
• Questioning Consciousness
• Cribsheet #13: Light
• The Future of Science...Is Art?
• Redefining Genes
• Algorithmic Inelegance
• The Science Adviser
• Deep Space
• Who Speaks for Earth?
• Natalie Jeremijenko + Lawrence Krauss
• Cribsheet #12: Genetics
• The Listener
• The Climate Crucible
• A Profound Sense of Time
• Dr. President
• Science is Golden