Author: Matt Kristoffersen
My new Discover column about the brain has just been posted. I take a look at that most obvious–and most puzzling–thing about a brain: its two sides. Check your left-brain/right-brain cliches at the door and check it out.
Originally published April 15, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.
If you’re in Greenwich Village on Friday and have some free time in the afternoon, come by to hear me give a talk during a conference at NYU called “Darwin and the Boundaries of Science.”
Excellent lecture on parasites from Jim McKerrow, courtesy of FORA.TV. McKerrow helped me out long ago with information and pictures of blood flukes when I was writing Parasite Rex. But he can deliver great tales about all sorts of critters inside you.
Originally published April 13, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.
From Rob Wesel, meteorite-lover and -purveyor.
Continue reading “Eye of Newt, Oil of Meteorite [Science Tattoo Emporium]”
Microcosm will be coming out in paperback in July, but the new cover is already posted online. I like the design very much, although I must admit I’m crossing my fingers that in a couple weeks we’ll need to make a last-minute change…
Originally published April 9, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.