Cribsheets from Seed

seed cribsheet thumbnailSeed Magazine has been posting a collection of one page info sheets for a bunch of different scientific subjects. The first topic in the series: stem cells (that's a thumbnail to the right). Even though the crib sheets skim the surface of the topics (that is the point, after all) and can be a little out of date (the stem cell sheet doesn't include any mention of iPS cells or other recent developments), they still look pretty useful. There's so much talk in the popular media about things like avian flu, genetics and nuclear power, but sometimes I wonder how many of the people doing the talking actually have some understanding of the subject at hand. A little bit of info -- in an easy to digest form -- could go a long way.

-Greg Dahlmann

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