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.
I don’t usually pass on press releases, but this one, I think you’ll agree, is unique…
In Microcosm, I write about how E. coli communicate with each other (and can eavesdrop on us). Here’s a great talk by Bonnie Bassler from Princeton on her pioneering work on microbial conversations, and why they’re so important to the rest of life on Earth.
Originally published April 8, 2009. Copyright 2009 Carl Zimmer.
In several posts in my series on George Will’s misleading claims about global warming in the Washington Post, I have referred to the “Arctic Climate Research Center” at the University of Illinois. It has been brought to my attention that no such center actually exists. Instead, there is a group of scientists at the University of Illinois who conduct research on climate in the Arctic (one of whom, Bill Chapman, I interviewed as part of my research). Continue reading “Correction”