Now on http://www.seedmagazine.com: Nuclear Power 101, part of Seed's Cribsheet series. http://is.gd/Q9RhXu
On Discovering Life: Dimitar Sasselov explains how our aliens may come from petri dishes rather than distant planets. http://is.gd/LY6Ng8
Buddhism & the Brain: Why do ancient Buddhist beliefs seem to overlap so strongly with those of modern neuroscience? http://is.gd/HXmZRR
On the Freedom of Knowledge: Unifying Europe's fragmented research efforts via one market for scientific information. http://is.gd/XnW0W2
Biotech Without Borders: The power of synthetic biology, if made openly available, could transform the developing world. http://is.gd/vuivOm
On Curing Everything: Does Nobel Prize-winner Kary Mullis have a silver bullet for all infectious diseases? By @joekloc http://is.gd/jJP9FV
Humans, Version 3.0: @Mark_Changizi on why the future of human evolution will be controlled by our deep biological past. http://is.gd/klEpht
Visualizing.org's new data-viz challenge is on the world's most volatile commodity, H2O (http://is.gd/Q0njel). Context: http://is.gd/cTsF53
Disposable Heroes: The Super Bowl may be over, but neurological risks for football players don't have an off-season. http://is.gd/6U51FI
The Wagnerian Method: How Richard Wagner's epic operas reveal a curious union between art and science. By @joekloc. http://bit.ly/2D6LgD
Watched Watson on Jeopardy last night? Read about another even more ambitious AI effort, the Blue Brain Project: http://bit.ly/4yQEQ
On Adapting to Sandpiles: Joshua Cooper Ramo on how disruption can be a force for good. http://bit.ly/gvkUaP
On Governing by Design: Design's greatest potential is to serve as a tool for policymaking, governance & social change. http://bit.ly/ghE9nU
Rethinking IP: James Moody on how patent law can help both the developed and the developing world. http://bit.ly/dS7PlS
John @Wilbanks on how the internet is transforming science publishing and science itself: http://bit.ly/evhALM


