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--Moby Dick
October 30, 2007
Category: Evolution
For those who may have come to the Loom after seeing me talking about autumn leaves on ABC News this evening, you can learn more about the science in these posts (plus this article I wrote for the New...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 6:59 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Evolution
A quick note: I just found out I'll be on the ABC evening news tonight, about 5 minutes before the end of the show, talking about the mystery and glory of autumn leaves. I'll post a link when I find...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 6:16 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: General
I'm sometimes asked who my favorite science writers are. I don't like science writers per se; I like science writing, or rather some science writing--the passages and chapters and books that remind me just how good science writing can get,...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 9:41 AM • 3 Comments •
October 29, 2007
Category: General
Matthew Chapman, writer and producer, writes an op-ed calling for presidential candidates to have a debate on scientific issues. It's an entirely reasonable piece, but if you stop to think about it, its publication raises two disturbing questions-- 1. Why...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 10:20 AM • 10 Comments •
October 26, 2007
Category: Science Tattoos
It appears that I didn't receive a single new science tattoo this week! Could it really be that on the entire planet, there are only 81 people passionate enough about their science to go under the needle? If so, thanks...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 4:34 PM • 1 Comments •
October 25, 2007
Category: Microcosm: The Book
Ugh. Several days, pretty much day and night, going over the copy-edited Microcosm manuscript with a green pencil. I haven't had any time to write any original blog posts--or even reply to most of my email. But I can at...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 1:12 PM • 1 Comments •
October 22, 2007
Category: Microcosm: The Book
At least for me, getting to see the cover of a new book for the first time is a great morale boost. The designer usually finishes it up right around the time when I'm starting to wonder if the...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 11:08 AM • 13 Comments •
October 19, 2007
Category: General
Thanks for all the questions for my talk with Craig Venter for bloggingheads.tv. I didn't end up reading questions verbatim a la Emily Litella ("a Mr. Richard Feder from Fort Lee New Jersey asks...") But the questions definitely shaped the...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 3:49 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Science Tattoos
"I am a biochemist, studying to be a molecular biologist, and the tattoo I am sending is the entry for carbon on the periodic table of elements. Since all living things on this planet at least are carbon based, from...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 10:08 AM • 2 Comments •
October 17, 2007
Category: Global Warming
[Update 10/18 8:30 am: Honestly, when I wrote this post last night, I could only access the first couple paragraphs of the op-ed in question. But now the link takes you to the full text. Could it be that my...
Posted by Carl Zimmer at 9:13 PM • 9 Comments •
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