In this video by Seed video producer Jacob Klein, Seed's art director, Adam Billyeald, narrates the creation of the cover art for the August 2007 issue of Seed—from special E. coli-covered stamps and an agar-filled petri dish.
The cover art hails author and ScienceBlogger Carl Zimmer's feature article, "The Meaning of Life."
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Don't believe in evolution? Just look to the weeds in the sidewalk:
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