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I'm the author of six books about science. My latest, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life, will be coming out in May, published by Pantheon. When I'm not writing books, I'm writing articles for places like the New York Times, or blogging at The Loom. In 2007 I won the National Academies Science Communication Award

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July 21

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Blogs and Newspapers: Three New Microcosm Reviews

Here are a fresh batch of reviews for Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life… Cleveland Plain-Dealer: “For readers who enjoy a seat at the revolution and a chance to ponder the ’supple little bugs’ at the dawn of life, Microcosm’ is a bracing read.

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“Deep Delights”

A wonderful review of Microcosm just came out in the Times of London. It’s particularly gratifying to see it written by Oliver Morton, a science writer gifted with grace and style… [Zimmer] “comes up with turns of phrase and images that are deep delights.

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Festooning The Tree Of Life

Can we make a picture of history? Charles Darwin recognized that all the different species on Earth share a common ancestry, having branched apart over millions of years. He pictured the history of life as a tree, as he sketched here in one of his notebooks.

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Microcosm on TV

A couple weeks ago I spoke to a great crowd as part of the Zocalo lecture series in Los Angeles. The subject was my new book, Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. You can listen to the podcast here, and the talk will be airing several times starting today on LA City Channel 36.

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Bloggingheads: The MIcrocosm Edition

I talk to the superb writer George Johnson about sex in a Waring blender and other surprises from my new book Microcosm.

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Bloggingheads with Craig Venter: Human Genomes and Artifi...

A comforting story about E. coli outbreaks (a podcast of ...

The secrets of camouflage

Bloggingheads: Brains and Gavels

Bloggingheads: Aliens and Tiny Astronauts

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Under The Hood of The Science Writing Sedan

John Horgan, science writer and director of the Center for Science Writing at Stevens Institute of Technology, has set up a very interesting site.

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Aging is older than you think - The Boston Globe

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An adaptation from my new book, Microcosm

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The Bacteria Within Us: Carl Zimmer’s ‘Microcosm’ | The New York Sun

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"Whatever our future, we should be sure to heed the lessons of E. coli. Those little stinkers have been around a lot longer than we have, and they have some story to tell.

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Daily Kos: Book Review: Microcosm

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In newspapers or science programs, one occasionally hears mention of an evolutionary ‘ladder,’ naturally with humans perched on the exalted top rung. Not to take anything away from our species, we are indeed uniquely endowed by physiology in numerous ways. ...

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Carl Zimmer wrote at 7:10am on July 1st, 2008

Hi folks. Just a quick note to let you know that I'm moving my blog to Discover magazine. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom

See you there.

JC wrote at 6:27pm on June 21st, 2008

The world needs more people like Nelson Mandela.
He was 34 when he became a lawyer.
He was 34 when he became actively involved in politics.
He was 46 when he was sentenced to life in prison.
He was 72 when he was released.
He was 75 when he received the Nobel Peace prize.
He was 77 when he became South Africa's first black democratic President.
He was 81 when he established the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
He was 84 when he launched his global HIV/AIDs campaign, named with his prison number '46664'.
This year, he is 90.

A conciliator, nation builder, peacemaker, leader of social development, passionate champion of the poor and marginalised, and a global icon.

Send your birthday wish to Mr Nelson Mandela and help raise much needed funds for his charities, helping them all continue his legacy.

Mandela Day' courtesy of Jim Kerr, Simple Minds

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Carl Zimmer wrote at 8:24am on June 5th, 2008

Stephanie: I read one of her papers and gave a call--a fishing expedition, really. It's more typical for science writers to read a particular paper and write a story on that.

Stephanie wrote at 11:17pm on June 2nd, 2008

Thanks, Carl. Glad you could use the photos! Your reponse leads me to think that you chose your specific topic during or after your interview with Dr. Holekamp. Is that typical in the science writing field?

Carl Zimmer wrote at 6:27am on May 21st, 2008

Stephanie--Thanks for the excellent photos. They helped the story enormously. I decided to write about social intelligence and brain size in hyenas because that's something I hadn't see reported before. It's tempting to make an article about hyenas be about all things hyena, but that just makes for an incoherent story.

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