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carlzimmer

  1. @jgold85 I now have bookplates to send out for Science Ink, Parasite Rex, At the Water's Edge, and Soul Made Flesh. about 2 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to jgold85
  2. Looking forward to being part of the "Meet the Authors" event at @WorldSciFest on Saturday, June 2 worldsciencefestival.com/events/meet_th… 2:02 PM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
  3. Man bites group selection. Richard Dawkins gives a negative review to E.O. Wilson's new book. prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/edwar… 4:01 PM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  4. Photo: tmblr.co/ZH7LjxM45E-1 2:22 PM May 24th via Tumblr
  5. The moon has historical districts that NASA would like you not to mess with. nasa.gov/home/hqnews/20… 1:53 PM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  6. @KidBrightwillow Big difference between background extinctions and mass extinctions. And current extinctions are due entirely to one species 8:18 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac in reply to KidBrightwillow
  7. At @DownloadtheUni @deborahblum discovers the joy of the free ebook edition of a scientific masterpiece. downloadtheuniverse.com/dtu/2012/05/sc… 6:19 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  8. Science by Candlelight bit.ly/KdexRQ 6:17 AM May 24th via TypePad
  9. @jackharmeningIL Well, it is cold out there on Europa. But NASA is making some plans... space.com/13883-nasa-jup… 6:01 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac in reply to jackharmeningIL
  10. “@jackharmeningIL: @carlzimmer why are we only scanning mars for life then?” CZ: Starting in our neighborhood. 5:56 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  11. Times-Picayune, which heroically survived Hurricane Katrina, now cutting back from a daily edition to 2-3 issues/week mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/new… 5:55 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac
  12. @MTomasson It's a computer visualization showing dry Europa and Earth, with all their water represented by blue spheres. 5:44 AM May 24th via Twitter for Mac in reply to MTomasson
  • Name carlzimmer
  • Location Connecticut
  • Web http://carlzimmer...
  • Bio Science writer: champion of underappreciated life forms. New book: Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed http://bit.ly/scienceinkbook
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