carlzimmerIs 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…15 min read·Mar 12, 2021----
carlzimmerSome Science Stories Worth ReadingHere 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…2 min read·Dec 9, 2019----
carlzimmerinThe StartupScience Writing: Guidelines and GuidanceThese are notes for a class called “Writing about Science, Medicine, and the Environment,” which I have taught for several years at Yale…14 min read·Sep 29, 2019----
carlzimmerOne Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the CulpritA handful of criminal prosecutions have stalled because DNA tests cannot distinguish between suspects who are twins. Then scientists…·7 min read·Mar 6, 2019--1--1
carlzimmerWhat 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…1 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
carlzimmerWhat 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…1 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
carlzimmerWhat 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…1 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
carlzimmerWhat 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…1 min read·Jan 31, 2019----
carlzimmerWhat 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…1 min read·Jan 31, 2019----