Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 9/21/2006

• Charles Darwin and the Racing Asparagus
  NPR dishes about how Darwin used food to his advantage...besides eating it. What ingenuity! (via Jonah)
• Climate-controlled White House
  "Oh no, we'd never control the information presented to scientists! We're all about open discourse on the issues." Right.
• Pale Blue Dot III.0
  Don't come in too close. A little distance flatters our complexion.
• Escher's "Relativity" in LEGO®
  These little building blocks defy paradox. Take that, 2D sketch artist! (via AIR)
• Massive Tag Body Spray Slick Spreading From Jersey Shore
  With all of the global warming hype, sometimes we lose sight of the true environmental disasters. We always knew we should be sending our convicts to New Jersey.

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