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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 5/21/2008 Comfort Food, for Monkeys Low-status rhesus monkeys don't overeat when they're stressed...unless the food is deliciously junky. My experiment with smart drugs Johann Hari discovers the joys of Provigil. Jonah calls out the tradeoff. Can Ants Eat... Posted May 20 2008, 04:10 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: physics, zeitgeist, physicists, ants, jonah, monkeys, smart drugs, johann hari, comfort food, tradeoff, provigil, raspberry, guilt

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  Friday Flash Fun: Roller Coaster Just in time for lunch is this gem: Roller Coaster, produced by the Centre for Applied Research in Educational Technologies. Produced to teach children about physics and g-forces, Roller Coaster puts you in the shoes of an intrepid theme park designer... Posted May 02 2008, 05:16 AM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: physics, roller coaster, big dipper, educational technologies, lunch, shoes, g forces, theme park designer

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  Dolphins play with bubble rings (video) You’ve all seen someone blow smoke rings, even if it was only in a movie. Well, the same physics seem to apply underwater. This video appears to show dolphins blowing bubbles underwater, and then using a jet of water to turn them into bubble rings... Posted Jan 27 2008, 03:24 PM by SciencePunk Feeds Filed under: physics, torus, blowing bubbles, dolphins, bubble rings, blow smoke, smoke rings

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 1/17/2008 MESSENGER at Mercury: HAWESOME See some parts of the planet for the very first time. Evolutionary Politics It matters whether a candidate "believes in" evolution. (via Jake ) APS FY08 Funding Alert Upset about funding cuts for physics? Send... Posted Jan 16 2008, 03:26 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: evolution, physics, zeitgeist, cv, doom, television, aps, chickens, mercury, many faces, evolutionary politics

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 1/11/2008 The Roots of Fear They go deep. So don't expect us to stop reacting to fear mongering anytime soon. (via Vaughan ) The Physics of Information: What the Universe Doesn't Want You to Know This panel discussion is awesome. (via boing boing ) More... Posted Jan 10 2008, 03:33 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: physics, zeitgeist, universe, fear, placebo effect, chemical reactions, freak, panel discussion, performing science, destiny, audiences, roots

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 12/20/2007 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics Online lectures from this MIT professor have apparently hit big. 2007 Gallery: Images of the Year These awesome photo galleries are the best part about late December. Geek the Vote 2008 Learn what the candidates have... Posted Dec 19 2007, 05:11 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: physics, zeitgeist, parasites, mental floss, gallery images, awesome photo galleries, geek, judgments, vote, league of conservation, classical mechanics, league of conservation voters

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 12/13/2007 TED Talks - Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty and truth in physics The correlation between beauty and validity is high. (via 3QD ) Make science part of the debate Chris/Krauss make a case for asking presidential candidates about science. Turning Homosexuality... Posted Dec 12 2007, 05:16 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: scientists, science, physics, zeitgeist, presidential candidates, ted, homosexuality, correlation, interesting questions, murray gell mann, nerd, human sexuality, desperate times, fruit fly, fly, lambs to the slaughter, truth, validity

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  Bosworth 2 As recently as 5-10 years ago, it wasn’t possible to apply IT to healthcare but since then the physics and psychology have chabged. Physics. Direct communication with providers (tel, mobile, video) is possible and cheap to deploy. Wireless video... Posted Dec 11 2007, 12:47 PM by Center for Internet and Digital Medicine Feeds Filed under: physics, psychology, poor neighborhoods, 10 years, video kiosks

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 12/10/2007 The Year in Ideas We thought of some great stuff in 2007. Maplecroft maps Get your stats here. Simba Gives New Meaning to the Term 'CAT Scan' We should all do our part to help endangered species. Casual Fridays: Reading comprehension? What's... Posted Dec 09 2007, 07:47 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: maps, science, physics, zeitgeist, casual fridays, great stuff, term cat, cat scan, reading comprehension, simba

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  Natalie Jeremijenko + Lawrence Krauss Neither theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss nor artist Natalie Jeremijenko can be easily categorized. Krauss' deep commitment to public understanding of science advocates for the role of the scientist in the cultural and political landscape. Jeremijenko's... Posted Dec 03 2007, 08:42 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: physics, theoretical physicist, scientist, computer science, pascal, fortran, dvds, lingua franca, hell, star trek, conscious art, natalie jeremijenko, lawrence krauss, advocates, point of reference, xerox, lk, public understanding, political landscape, public enterprise