Carl Zimmer
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Carl Zimmer is an American science writer who covers evolution, parasites and heredity.
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6 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Writes: "Origins" column, The New York Times (as of 2026); earlier the "Matter" column (opens wiqqi.app)
- Teaches: Adjunct professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, Yale University (appointed 2016) (opens wiqqi.app)
- Earlier: Discover magazine from 1989, senior editor from 1994 to 1998 (opens wiqqi.app)
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Bluesky: @carlzimmer.com (opens bsky.app)
“Science can take generations to deliver results. Here's an example. Back in 2013, I wrote for the Atlantic about people with a genetic disease that causes them to essentially grow a skeleton--and how they organized to…”
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Site: carlzimmer.com (opens carlzimmer.com)
“They Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now?”
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Newsletter: Friday's Elk (opens buttondown.com)
“Friday's Elk: A New Year of Collapse, or of Repair?”
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Bluesky: @carlzimmer.com (opens bsky.app)
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9 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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The Trump administration's disruption of PEPFAR may result in tens of thousands of deaths from AIDS. (opens korrents.com)
“Tens of thousands of people may be doomed to die of AIDS thanks to this year's freezes.”
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The air is a common good. (opens korrents.com)
“But one of the messages of my book is that the air is a common good.”
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The future of science in the United States is currently uncertain. (opens korrents.com)
“The future of science in the United States has reached a summer of uncertainty.”
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The Trump administration's disruption of PEPFAR may result in tens of thousands of deaths from AIDS. (opens korrents.com)
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1 recommendation on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Mutants (opens rcmnd.app)
“One of the reasons I like this book and my previous choice, Mutants, so much is that they both recognise the human dimension of their story.”
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Mutants (opens rcmnd.app)