Seed: Science is Culture

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• "So"
  The anatomy of a scientific staple
• Revolutionary Minds: Design & Architecture
  Our first online Revolutionary Minds feature profiles thinkers from the forefront of science-inspired design and architecture.
• 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.
• Out of the Blue
  Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?

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• Science is Golden
  The Arab World builds its own scientific infrastructure.
• The Meaning of Life
  We create life, we search for it, we manipulate and revere it. Is it possible that we haven't yet defined the term?
• Emotional Rescue
  If we're serious about building a society that makes scientifically informed decisions, then science needs to figure out a way to get its message across effectively.
• Dirty Little Secret
  Are most published research findings actually false? The case for reform.
• Variant Genes-In-Waiting
  PZ Myers on how the garden-variety caterpillar is revealing surprising information about the circumstances under which genetic traits actually put themselves forward.
• Scientific Method: Relationships Among Scientific Paradigms
  
• More from the Vanguard of Science
  See what Marc Hauser, Drew Endy, Joshua Greene, and others have to say about where their fields are going in 2007.
• Then There Were Eight
  Pluto's demotion made us angry, confused, dismissive, and sad. We'd broken the cardinal rule--we'd gotten emotionally involved.
• PZ Myers on How the Cavefish Lost Its Eyes
  The Mexican blind cavefish raises the challenging evolutionary question: Does disuse lead to degeneration or disappearance of a feature? Here, an answer Darwin would have loved.
• Science on the Agenda
  Seed editor-in-chief Adam Bly answers the 2007 Edge Question: What are you optimistic about? Why?
• Crash and Burnout
  After Genesis crashed in Utah in 2004, researchers began salvaging the data that remained. Two years later, they're still at it.
• Rock Stars (And Proteins, Too)
  How two groups of scientists coax music from nature
• Eco-Tripping Around the World: Part V
  Our traveler sees that her 2003 efforts at Hawaiian environmental restoration established plant life in a barren area.
• Why the US Should Spring for a New Particle Accelerator
  The US must develop a compelling bid to host the International Linear Collider in order to safeguard American science.
• A Method for Better, Greener Plastics