One year. 365 parasites. Be a part of it.
Originally published January 12, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
Author: Matt Kristoffersen
In tomorrow’s New York Times, I dig up some of the fossil viruses that have been buried in our genome for tens of millions of years.
This is a subject I’ve explored here on the Loom before (1, 2), but now is a great time to stop and take stock of just how much progress scientists have made in exhuming the ancient invaders that helped make us what we are.
Here’s a talk by Ian Couzin, a scientist who does fascinating studies on crowds and their wisdom. I wrote about Ian a couple years in the New York Times. It’s funny now to actually see him in the virtual flesh. And to hear him talk about how much he loves the Pixies.
Originally published January 11, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.
Time for some livestreaming! At the end of this week I’ll be heading to North Carolina to Scienceonline 2010, a confab about all things scientific on the Tubes. I’m going to be talking in a session on Saturday morning at 10:15 am called “Rebooting Science Journalism In the Age of the Web” along with fellow rebooters Ed Yong,John Timmer, and David Dobbs. You can watch live on UStream and Second Life. Later, our session (and all the others) will end up where everything ends up sooner or later: on YouTube. (More details here.)
Science grad students can still register for my science writing workshop. Course outline and registration here: http://bit.ly/6lh3B8 It will meet 1/25 and 2/1. The workshop will be at Yale, but non-Yale grad students are welcome to get in touch about attending, too.
Originally published January 10, 2010. Copyright 2010 Carl Zimmer.