Carl Zimmer
A writer about the science of life (Microcosm, Parasite Rex, Evolution, etc.)
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Carl Zimmer
I’m waiting to board my Air Canada flight to the rain-drenched city of Vancouver. Residents of that fair city are invited to come to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, dry off for a spell, and hear my talk tomorrow at 7 about Darwin, the flu, and evolution . It’s free, but you have to register here. Se...
Carl Zimmer
Math is the subject of my new Discover column on the brain. How do we do it, and when did we (or our primate ancestors) start doing it? The answer, or at least some intriguing new research, is here.
Carl Zimmer
Here’s a fun talk I had Saturday on Science Cabaret, a radio show on WICB in Ithaca. The host, Jennifer Nelson, is a graduate student at Cornell and has only been interviewing people about science for two months, but she’s clearly a natural at this. At...
Carl Zimmer
Palin “didn’t believe in the theory that human beings — thinking, loving beings — originated from fish that sprouted legs and crawled out of the sea” or from “monkeys who eventually swung down from the trees.” Quoted in Michiko Katutani’s review of Sarah Palin’s new memoir.
Scott Gardner
Scott Gardner
By now, it should be a given that she is uneducated when it comes to science or rational thought. I am ashamed to say I am from Alaska when most people equate Alaska with Palin. :-|
November 16 at 5:01pm
Sirie Godshalk
Sirie Godshalk
...or spending all that money on experiments on fruit flies!
November 17 at 8:33am
Carl Zimmer
Tomorrow morning I’m hopping a plane and spending the afternoon at Cornell. On Saturday, I’ll be giving a talk about The Origin of Species just down the road in downtown Ithaca. Ca...
Carl Zimmer
This is definitely going into the swine flu talk! From Colin Purrington’s The Axis of Evo.
Quinn O'Neill
Quinn O'Neill
Ah, I see what you're saying, Zachary and Alison. But evolution disbelievers might still want the vaccine for themselves and their kids if they haven't had it before, right? They might also want the vaccine if they believe the virus was man-made (this seems to be a popular belief, whether it's true or not). People don't have to believe the virus evolved to reasonably want the vaccine. And there are lots of people who believe in evolution who don't want it.
November 12 at 4:01pm
helena
helena
Love that pic!
November 13 at 7:57am
Carl Zimmer
If you ever find yourself in the forests of Ecuador, you may have the good fortune of spotting a club-winged manakin. The closest the rest of us will probably ever get will be to watch this video. But don’t just watch it. Listen. ...
Christian De Pio Sanchez
Christian De Pio Sanchez
Great article! Now I'll have to read up on club-winged manakins. Thanks :)
November 11 at 8:54am
Carl Zimmer
This post is really just an excuse for me to put up this cool poster. If you want the details on my talk in Vancouver on November 18, you can find them here. Tickets are free, but registration is required.
Carl Zimmer
Just a reminder to my fellow Nutmeggers: I will be speaking tomorrow at 5:30 pm at the Peabody Museum at Yale in New Haven. The title of the talk is “Darwin Gets Swine Flu.” Pigs, ducks, sneezes, and more. Details here.
Carl Zimmer
The winners of this year’s AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award have just been announced. I’m honored to be the winner for large newspapers. (I...
Carl Zimmer
November 11 at 6:50am
Carl Zimmer
Supermodel microbes? You bet. Check out this gallery of lovely, sometimes whimsical microbe colonies.
Carl Zimmer
Duygu writes, “I am a developmental biologist by training. Actually, my Ph.D. thesis does not really have an evolutionary focus because I study joint regeneration in embryonic chick limb. ...
Carl Zimmer
Peter Wainwright and his colleagues at UC Davis study the weird ways in which fish eat. Two years ago I wrote about their creepy work on moray eels for the Times here. Now they’ve got a Youtube channel for their surreal films. Mick Jagger, meet the Red Bay Snook. And Mr. ...
Carl Zimmer
The Tangled Bank is now officially out; I’m getting word back from readers that it’s actually showing up from Amazon. If you’re curious about it, here are a couple ways to find out more. 1. I’ve...
Kayleigh
Kayleigh
Will it be released in soft cover, or not since it's a textbook?
November 6 at 9:28am
Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer
No plans for soft cover at the moment, but I'll be sure to let you know. (No Kindle either right now, since ebooks just can't handle detailed colored figures the way good old paper and ink can.)
November 7 at 7:12am
Carl Zimmer
Leave it to the Boston Globe’s Big Picture to pick out a staggering portfolio of pictures of Mars.