Good people of Connecticut! Join me Monday 9/30 at Possible Futures bookstore in New Haven to talk to Sadie Dingfelder about aphantasia, face-blindness, and other mysteries of the brain featured in her new book, Do I Know You? 🧪https://possiblefuturesbooks.com/events/735320240930

9/30 - Book Talk and Signing with Sadie Dingfelder: Do I Know You?

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Meet Fred Meier, who searched for life in the 1930s by flying into the clouds and sticking Petri dishes into the wind. He's one of the pioneers of aerobiology I write about in my new book AIR-BORNE--and the subject of my newsletter this week 🧪 buttondown.com/carlzimmer/a...

Monkeys predict US elections. (Pre-print, bien sur!) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Monkeys Predict US Elections

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

North American bats are being decimated by a lethal fungus. Here's my story about how scientists are fighting back--and finding hope. 🧪 Gift link: nyti.ms/3XHWsqd [Photo by Graham Dickie]

2/2 This is a little glimpse into the marvelous, tricky ecosystem scientists call the aerobiome, the subject of my next book... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793...?

Air-Borne by Carl Zimmer: 9780593473597 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The fascinating, untold story of the air we breathe, the hidden life it contains, and invisible dangers that can turn the world upside down Every day we draw in two thousand gallons of air—and...

Life floats high over our heads--and might spread diseases long distances. Here's my story about a new survey 1/2 Gift link: nyti.ms/3zc7bQi

10,000 Feet Up, Scientists Found Hundreds of Airborne Germs

In 10 flights over Japan, researchers found a host of bacteria and fungi. These high-altitude germs could help spread disease around the world.

An #H5#birdfluwww.statnews.com/2024/09/06/m...

Missouri resident who had no contact with animals tests positive for bird flu

A person in Missouri who didn’t report any contact with animals has tested positive for H5 bird flu, the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services

Chimpanzees make over 80 types gestures to each other. What does that tell us about their minds—and our own? Here’s my look at a new theory: nyti.ms/3MAzwTnyoutu.be/u2qXHkUx80s?... )

And here's the Times: www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/s...

Steve Silberman, 66, Dies; Writer Deepened Understanding of Autism

Prodded by Oliver Sacks, he wrote a humane, award-winning book about the condition. A music maven, he also wrote liner notes for the Grateful Dead and his friend David Crosby.

Here's a Washington Post obituary for Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes (and a friend of mine). www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Steve Silberman, journalist who explored autism’s history, dies at 66

He wrote about the developmental condition in “NeuroTribes,” a 2015 bestseller that promoted understanding and acceptance of people who think differently.