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Air Quality Matters#69 - Carl Zimmer: Airborne - The Hidden History of the Air We BreatheSend us a textCarl Zimmer, columnist for the New York Times and acclaimed science writer, discusses his new book "Airborne" which explores the fascinating yet troubling history of how we understand disease transmission through air.• Pandemic debates about COVID transmission revealed historical patterns of resistance to airborne disease theories• William and Mildred Wells discovered in the 1930s-40s that diseases float in air droplets for hours but were largely forgotten by history• The Wellses demonstrated UV light could effectively disinfect air and prevent disease transmission in classrooms• Fred Meyer, who coined "aerobiol...2025-04-281h 32
The Not Old - Better ShowThe Aerobiome: An Invisible Ecosystem - Smithsonian Associate Carl ZimmerThe Aerobiome: An Invisible Ecosystem - Smithsonian Associate Carl Zimmer The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Today on The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates series, we welcome award-winning science writer and New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer—author of Airborne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, available at Apple Books. With every breath we take—more than 20,000 each day—we draw in not just oxygen, but thousands of invisible organisms: fungi, bacteria, pollen, even algae. This unseen ecosystem, the aerobiome, surrounds us every moment, yet until recently, it was...2025-04-0228 min
Book Decoded: Exploring Big Ideas and Insights for Curious Minds – Deep Dives into Nonfiction Books"Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life we Breathe" by Carl Zimmer – The Science of How Diseases Spread Through the Air📖🎧 Want to dive deeper into Air-Borne? Get the book or audiobook on Amazon here (As an Amazon Associate, Book Decoded earns from qualifying purchases.)How do diseases spread through the air, and what have scientists learned over centuries about airborne transmission? In this episode, we explore Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer, a deep dive into the history of infectious disease research. From early misconceptions about miasmas to groundbreaking discoveries in germ theory, Zimmer traces the key experiments and scientists—including Pasteur, Koch, and Wells—who revolutionized our understanding of how pathogens travel through the air.Key topics covere...2025-03-3018 min
The Podcast BrowserCarl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We Breathe Podcast: Conversations with Tyler (LS 65 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)Episode: Carl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We BreathePub date: 2025-03-05Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationCarl Zimmer is one of the finest science communicators of our time, having spent decades writing about biology, evolution, and heredity. His latest (and 16th) book, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, explores something even more fundamental—how the very air around us is teeming with life, from pollen to pathogens to mi...2025-03-1751 min
The Podcast BrowserSlow down, take a breath with Carl Zimmer and Air-Borne Podcast: Peculiar Book Club Podcast (LS 26 · TOP 10% what is this?)Episode: Slow down, take a breath with Carl Zimmer and Air-BornePub date: 2025-02-20Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside downEvery day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the stratosphere, the air teems with invisible life. This last great...2025-03-0932 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastCarl Zimmer: Air-BorneTake a breath. Just breathe. And then reserve your ticket for a special online-only talk with New York Times columnist Carl Zimmer, who will tell you all about what just went into your lungs. Zimmer will share the ideas that are in his new book Air-Borne, giving a fascinating, previously untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside downEvery day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and thousands of living things. From the ground to the str...2025-03-081h 12
Conversations with TylerCarl Zimmer on the Hidden Life in the Air We BreatheCarl Zimmer is one of the finest science communicators of our time, having spent decades writing about biology, evolution, and heredity. His latest (and 16th) book, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, explores something even more fundamental—how the very air around us is teeming with life, from pollen to pathogens to microbes floating miles above the Earth. He joins Tyler to discuss why it took scientists so long to accept airborne disease transmission and more, including why 19th-century doctors thought hay fever was a neurosis, why it took so long for the WHO an...2025-03-0551 min
Ground TruthsCarl Zimmer: Air-Borne and the Big Miss With CovidBefore getting into this new podcast, have you checked out the recent newsletter editions and podcasts of Ground Truths?—the first diagnostic immunome—a Covid nasal vaccine update—medical storytelling and uncertainty—why did doctors with A.I. get outperformed by A.I. alone?The audio is available on iTunes and Spotify. The full video is embedded here, at the top, and also can be found on YouTube.Transcript with links to Audio and External Links Eric Topol (0...2025-02-2853 min
A Fresh Face in Hell with Jonathan EvisonCarl Zimmer - Germs!!Renowned NY Times science columnist, Carl Zimmer, talks with me about his new book, Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe. We talk about the air we breathe, the gazillions of microbes, bacteria, fungus and viruses that float effortlessly around us daily. From the oceans depths to our nostrils we take in all manner of life, most of it harmless but some of it nightmarish. No one explains science better than Carl Zimmer folks!!https://carlzimmer.com/Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHzj0CG30y8YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...2025-02-1954 min
Scientific American Podcast: Science TalkExploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl ZimmerScientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare. Yo...2025-02-1916 minScience QuicklyExploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl ZimmerScientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare. Yo...2025-02-1916 minScience QuicklyExploring the Hidden Life in the Air around Us with Carl ZimmerScientists now agree that COVID spreads via airborne transmission. But during the early days of the disease, public health officials suggested that it mainly did so via close contact. The subsequent back-and-forth over how COVID spread brought science journalist Carl Zimmer into the world of aerobiology. In his new book Air-Borne: The Hidden History of the Life We Breathe, Zimmer examines the unseen life in the air around us. He joins host Rachel Feltman to look back at the history of the field, from ancient Greek “miasmas” to Louis Pasteur’s unorthodox experiments to biological warfare. Yo...2025-02-1916 min
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New Books in ScienceCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
Van Leer Institute Series on IdeasCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
New Books in Biology and EvolutionCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
New Books in Animal StudiesCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
New Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
New Books in Big IdeasCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
NBN Book of the DayCarl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022)Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilized egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a pers...2024-05-1036 min
Write Now with ScrivenerEpisode 33: Carl Zimmer, Science WriterCarl Zimmer is a science writer, author of 14 books, is a professor adjunct at Yale University, and writes the Origins column for The New York Times.
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Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer's Origins column for the New York Times
To Beginning Writers
Life’s Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive
Bookends
Richard Rhodes: The Making of the Atomic Bomb
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Title: Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Author: Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green
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Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Science & Technology, Animals & Nature, History
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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022.
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Author: Jaime Green, Carl Zimmer
Narrator: Em Grosland, Johnny Rey Diaz, Katharine Chin, Jeena Yi, Nikki Massoud, Shahjehan Khan
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Release date: October 17, 2023
Genres: Animals & Nature
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Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for grante...2023-10-1711h 13
Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & NatureThe Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 by Jaime Green, Carl ZimmerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/657096 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 Series: Part of Best American Author: Jaime Green, Carl Zimmer Narrator: Em Grosland, Johnny Rey Diaz, Katharine Chin, Jeena Yi, Nikki Massoud, Shahjehan Khan Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 17, 2023 Genres: Animals & Nature Publisher's Summary: Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for gr...2023-10-1705 min
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Carl-Auer Sounds of Science#163 Christian Zimmer - PEP® im Krankenhaus – wo und wie es wirktHeute zu Gast bei Carl-Auer Sounds of Science ist der Anästhesist Dr. Christian Zimmer, Oberarzt am Marienhospital Bottrop und dort u. a. auch maßgeblich verantwortlich für die Anästhesie- und Schmerzambulanz. Christian Zimmer referiert auch in Seminaren und Kursen bei Dr. Michael Bohne.
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Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingLife's Edge: Exploring the Boundary between Living & Nonliving | Carl Zimmer | Into the ImpossibleOn this episode of The INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE Podcast, Carl Zimmer discusses the importance of ethics in scientific communication and how scientific discoveries can be inaccurately reported by journalists, leading to misunderstandings by the public. The difficulty of defining what it means to be alive is explored and the stakes of this debate, particularly in regards to the autonomy of one's own body, are discussed. The episode also touches on the controversy surrounding gain of function research on pathogens and the importance of verifying scientific findings. The guest shares anecdotes from her career, including her experience covering the controversial...2023-06-041h 14
La Ciencia de A VivirLa Ciencia | Carl Zimmer: "La mayor parte de nuestro ADN nos define de maneras inconcebiblemente sutiles"No existe un gen de la altura, o del color de los ojos, como muchos podrían suponer. En palabras de uno de los divulgadores científicos más importantes de la actualidad, Carl Zimmer, "hay miles de genes que juegan un pequeño papel, entre 8 y 10 mil genes, cada uno de ellos responsables de una pequeña fracción de milímetro de nuestra altura total". Con motivo de la publicación en España de su último libro, 'Tiene la sonrisa de su madre' (Capitán Swing), Zimmer ha conversado con Javier del Pino sobre la herencia genética.2023-03-2523 min
This Week in VirologyCarl Zimmer on COVID-19Carl Zimmer visits the Incubator to record a wide-ranging conversation about COVID-19, including origins, vaccines, public health responses, and impact on society. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Carl Zimmer Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv2022-12-2848 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & Chemistry[Spanish] - Parásitos: El extraño mundo de las criaturas más peligrosas de la naturaleza by Carl ZimmerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/567720 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Parásitos: El extraño mundo de las criaturas más peligrosas de la naturaleza Author: Carl Zimmer Narrator: Roger Vidal Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 33 minutes Release date: January 5, 2022 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: Desde las junglas húmedas de Costa Rica hasta el fétido entorno de las zonas rebeldes del sur de Sudán, Carl Zimmer nos guía a través de un viaje por el universo de los parásitos, un mundo en el que habitamos sin ser conscientes. Así nos descubre n...2022-01-0503 min
heretics.Prof. Carl Zimmer - What It Means to be 'Alive'Popular science writer, journalist and Yale University Professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry Carl Zimmer is joining me to finally answer the late Beatle George Harrison's question: what is life.
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Point of InquiryLiving on Life's Edge | Carl Zimmer on The Search for What It Means to Be Alive What does it mean to be alive? Does life have a clear definition? On this week's episode, Carl Zimmer joins host Jim Underdown to discuss his new book, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive to help answer those questions. Can we clearly define what it means to be alive? Scientists have been struggling with this question for centuries. For every rule or idea that's brought to the table, it seems a new species of plant or animal comes along that turns the whole thing on its head. For ex...2021-12-2259 minPoint of InquiryLiving on Life's Edge | Carl Zimmer on The Search for What It Means to Be Alive What does it mean to be alive? Does life have a clear definition? On this week's episode, Carl Zimmer joins host Jim Underdown to discuss his new book, Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive to help answer those questions. Can we clearly define what it means to be alive? Scientists have been struggling with this question for centuries. For every rule or idea that's brought to the table, it seems a new species of plant or animal comes along that turns the whole thing on its head. For ex...2021-12-2259 min
Great PodversationsKathryn Paige Harden and Carl ZimmerWriter and professor Kathryn Paige Harden discusses her book "The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality," with journalist and author Carl Zimmer.Kathryn Paige Harden is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab and co-directs the Texas Twin Project. Her research has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, and Huffington Post, among others. In 2017, Harden was honored with an award from the American Psychological Association for her distinguished scientific contributions to...2021-11-1942 min
Modern Wisdom#394 - Carl Zimmer - What Are The Weirdest Types Of Life?Carl Zimmer is a science writer, journalist and an author who specialises in evolution, parasites, and heredity.Life is the thing which illuminates our corner of the universe. It gives colour to an otherwise cold, brutal void. But what is life? How is it defined? Despite seeming obvious at first glance, this question is one of the most contested in science.Expect to learn what are the most extreme forms of life which can live in the vacuum of space, how life might have begun in rock pools, why aliens might be so different to...2021-11-0657 min
Y87Yuka Manabe, Val Norton and Carl Zimmer -- discussing COVID: what they've seen, what they've learned, what we should knowJoin our classmates Yuka Manabe, Val Norton and Carl Zimmer as they discuss COVID. Yuka is a Professor at Johns Hopkins Medical School, specializing in infectious diseases. Val Norton is an Emergency Room doctor and hospital administrator in San Diego. Carl Zimmer is a science writer for the New York Times and 14 books, including A Planet of Viruses. (https://carlzimmer.com/)
Our classmates have a fascinating conversation about COVID -- what scientists have learned, how COVID has impacted health care workers, and what the future may hold.
Tune in for this blockbuster episode.2021-10-2850 min
Explore the Latest Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & ChemistryA Planet of Viruses: Third Edition by Carl ZimmerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/549439 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition Author: Carl Zimmer Narrator: Stephen Bowlby Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 27 minutes Release date: September 28, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: In 2020, an invisible germ-a virus-wholly upended our lives. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our...2021-09-2830 min
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Health & Wellness, Disorders & DiseasesA Planet of Viruses: Third Edition by Carl ZimmerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/549439to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Planet of Viruses: Third Edition
Author: Carl Zimmer
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Length: 3 hours 27 minutes
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In 2020, an invisible germ-a virus-wholly upended our lives. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives...2021-09-283h 27
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Biology & Chemistry[Spanish] - Un planeta de virus by Carl ZimmerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/546594 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Un planeta de virus Author: Carl Zimmer Narrator: Luis García Márquez Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 28 minutes Release date: September 8, 2021 Genres: Biology & Chemistry Publisher's Summary: 'Casi todo lo que usted siempre había querido saber, y un montón de cosas de las que seguramente preferiría no haberse enterado, sobre esos virus que tanto sufrimiento han causado a la humanidad.' —Forbes 'Carl Zimmer consigue, en apenas cien páginas, lo que a otros autores les cuesta hacer en quinientas: dar una nueva forma a...2021-09-0803 min
Listen, Relax and Enjoy the Wonders of Full AudiobookLife's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive Audiobook by Carl ZimmerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 503828
Title: Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
Author: Carl Zimmer
Narrator: Joe Ochman
Format: Unabridged
Length: 09:15:02
Language: English
Release date: 08-19-21
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Genres: Science & Technology, Biology & Chemistry
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This book is not just about life, but about discovery itself. It is about error and hubris, but also about wonder and the reach of science. And it is bookended with the ultimate question: How do we define the thing that defines us? - Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Gene
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This Week in EvolutionOn Life's Edge with Carl ZimmerCarl Zimmer joins Nels to talk about science writing, science communication, viruses, and his new book, On Life’s Edge. Host: Nels Elde Guest: Carl Zimmer Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiEVO Links for this episode On Life’s Edge by Carl Zimmer Time stamps by Jolene. Thanks! Science Picks Nels – Remembrance of Dick Lewontin Carl – From telomere to telomere: the transcriptional and epigenetic state of human repeat elements Music on TWiEVO is performed by Trampled by Turtles...2021-08-031h 21
Utterly Moderate PodcastNASA & Nimoy & Nukes, Oh My! (w/guests Varoujan Gorjian & Carl Zimmer)On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher Varoujan Gorjian and New York Times columnist and science author Carl Zimmer. We discuss black holes, the value of science, the importance of good teachers, the work of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the nuclear age, duck and cover drills, the Castle Bravo nuclear bomb test and its aftermath, the world of viruses, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Carl Zimmer tapeworm, and much more!
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Mind & Matter"Life's Edge," Extreme Lifeforms & the Origins of Life | Carl Zimmer | 21Send us a textNick talks to science writer and NYT columnist Carl Zimmer about his new book, "Life's Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive." They discuss the scientific quest to understand life: what is it, how does it arise, and how might scientists identify it elsewhere in the universe? They also discuss Carl's approach to science writing, including where he draws inspiration and what his writing process looks like.*Not medical advice.Support the showAll episodes, show notes, transcripts, and more at the...2021-05-071h 27