The video of my recent appearance on This Week in Science is on YouTube now. I turn up to talk about viruses at 42:50, as Kirsten Stanford and Justin Jackson splash freaky images of jackalopes, tree men, and other virus-related things. Check it out.
Originally published March 8, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.
This post was originally published in “Download the Universe,” a multi-author blog about science ebooks edited by Carl Zimmer.
The Stir of Waters: Radiation, Risk, and the Radon Spa of Jáchymov. By Paul Voosen.
Guest reviewed by Ann Finkbeiner
March 7, 2012
In my new column for Discover, I write about Eric Courchesne, a neuroscientist at the University of California at San Diego. Courchesne survived childhood polio, went on to become a champion gymnast, and then turned his attention to another nervous system disorder: autism. Courchesne is one of the first researchers to find anatomical differences in the brains of people with and without autism. He believes his findings point to autism’s beginnings before birth, and perhaps even to new ways to treat it. Check it out.
Originally published March 6, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.
Just a quick reminder that I’ll be talking about Science Ink on Thursday at 7 pm at the Guilford Free Library in Guilford, CT. I’ll be in the lovely Historical Room on the second floor. Fortunately, I’ll have some historical engravings of tattooed Maori and such to match the ambiance.
Originally published March 6, 2012. Copyright 2012 Carl Zimmer.
Download the Universe, a new science ebook review, is now entering its third week of life. We’ve been publishing a string of new reviews since I last blogged about it. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out, now is a great time to do so. Here are the latest: