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Is the Coronavirus Alive?

This essays is adapted from Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means To Be Alive (Dutton 2021) [Order / Author site] It appeared…

Mar 12, 2021

Is the Coronavirus Alive?

Mar 12, 2021

Some Science Stories Worth Reading

Here is a list of some of the stories and books I have assigned to students over the years in my class, “Writing about Science, Medicine…

Dec 9, 2019

Dec 9, 2019

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Science Writing: Guidelines and Guidance

These are notes for a class called “Writing about Science, Medicine, and the Environment,” which I have taught for several years at Yale…

Sep 29, 2019

Sep 29, 2019

Seven Big Misconceptions About Heredity

By Carl Zimmer

May 10, 2019

Seven Big Misconceptions About Heredity

May 10, 2019

One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit

A handful of criminal prosecutions have stalled because DNA tests cannot distinguish between suspects who are twins. Then scientists…

Mar 6, 2019

One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit

Mar 6, 2019

What Is Life? #8: Can We Make Life?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #8: Can We Make Life?

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #7: Warm Ponds Or Hellish Vents–Where Did Life Begin?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #7: Warm Ponds Or Hellish Vents–Where Did Life Begin?

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #6: How Weird Can Life Get?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #6: How Weird Can Life Get?

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #5: Why Does Life Exist?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #5: Why Does Life Exist?

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #4: How Did Life Begin?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #4: How Did Life Begin?

Jan 31, 2019

carlzimmer

carlzimmer

14.5K Followers

New York Times columnist. New book: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity http://bit.ly/SheHasHerMothersLaugh

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