Greetings! I have just a couple notes for you in this issue of Friday’s Elk.
1. Earlier this week, I published a column in the New York Times about the awful state of our fellow primates. Many species are dangerously close to extinction, due to human activity across the planet. If we want to save them, the time is now.
2. If you’re going to the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival this coming weekend, please join me on Saturday at 3:40 pm and on Sunday at 12:40 pm. I’ll be talking about the dangers of viruses, both old and new.
3. Finally, in a nice bit of news, I found out this week that the video series I host for Stat, “Science Happens,” is a finalist for a National Magazine Award!
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Best wishes, Carl
Originally published January 22, 2017. Copyright 2017 Carl Zimmer.