Life At Last

Explore my cover story on the meaning of life from Seed magazine's July/August issue now posted online!

ByCarl Zimmer
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Earlier this summer my cover story on the meaning of life (or, at least, "life") came out in the July/August issue of Seed. Now, at long last, the Seedsters have posted the story online. Read it here.

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