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Carl Zimmer


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The National Academy of Sciences Wants To Hear From You

The Loom | December 19th, 2008 in General | 6 Comments »

Kicking off the Year of Science

The Loom | December 19th, 2008 in General | 7 Comments »

Occam’s Needle [Tattoo]

The Loom | December 19th, 2008 in Science Tattoo Emporium | 5 Comments »

More Microcosm News: One of Seed Magazine’s Best of 2008

The Loom | December 18th, 2008 in Microcosm: The Book | 1 Comment »

Jurassic Dad

The Loom | December 18th, 2008 in Evolution | 4 Comments »

Room For More Pi [Tattoo]

The Loom | December 18th, 2008 in Science Tattoo Emporium | 2 Comments »

The Island of Fossil Viruses

The Loom | December 17th, 2008 in Evolution, The Parasite Files | 4 Comments »

Ready to Meet Aliens [Tattoo]

The Loom | December 17th, 2008 in Science Tattoo Emporium | 1 Comment »

The Puppet Master’s Medicine Chest

The Loom | December 16th, 2008 in The Parasite Files | 8 Comments »

Nonane on the Brain [Tattoo]

The Loom | December 16th, 2008 in Science Tattoo Emporium | 1 Comment »

The Evolution of the Face: A Letter to Some Readers in Tennessee

The Loom | December 15th, 2008 in Evolution | 103 Comments »

Living Fossil [Tattoo]

The Loom | December 15th, 2008 in Science Tattoo Emporium | 1 Comment »

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      Carl Zimmer writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.

      He is the author of six books, the most recent of which is Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life. His website is carlzimmer.com and his address is [ blog at carlzimmer dot com ].

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