Carl Zimmer
@nytimes columnist. Author of "She Has Her Mother's Laugh," "Parasite Rex," etc. carlzimmer.com/books/
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TCFAQ C5c) Why don't we try to destroy tropical cyclones by nuking
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Carl Zimmer
@axios Turns out, NOAA has actually addressed this idea in an FAQ. "Needless to say, this is not a good idea.“ aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.… h/t @shermandorn
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Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes to stop them from hitting the U.S.
"People were astonished. After the meeting ended, we thought, 'What the f---? What do we do with this?'"
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Carl Zimmer
'Trump has suggested multiple times to senior Homeland Security and national security officials that they explore using nuclear bombs to stop hurricanes from hitting the United States,’[email protected]
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Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House
A loose network of conservatives says it has dossiers of offensive social media posts and other problematic public statements by hundreds of journalists.
What Satellite Imagery Tells Us About the Amazon Rain Forest Fires
Maps and images based on satellite data provide clues to how the fires started.
Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site. The Result: Thousands of Banned, Unsafe or Mislabeled Products
Just like other tech companies that have struggled to tackle misinformation on their platforms, Amazon has proven unable or unwilling to effectively police third-party sellers on its site. A Wall Street Journal investigation found 4,152 items...
As Amazon Fires Become Global Crisis, Brazil’s President Reverses Course
After days of downplaying the fires raging across the Amazon, President Bolsonaro orders the military to step in. But it’s not clear that will be enough.
Carl Zimmer on Heredity
With Annalee Newitz
Heredity isn’t just about genes that pass from parent to child, argues acclaimed science journalist Carl Zimmer. We also inherit other things that matter as much – or more – to our lives, from microbes to technologies we use to...
Carl Zimmer
Very stoked to be appearing with the one and only @Annaleen in conversation in San Francisco on 10/23. Join us!
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Treated for Tumor on Her Pancreas
The Supreme Court justice’s treatment lasted three weeks, according to a news release on Friday.
India’s Move in Kashmir: More Than 2,000 Rounded Up With No Recourse
Kashmiri politicians, business owners, activists and scholars are among those swept up as India tightens its grip — critics say illegally — on the territory.
Jeffrey Epstein, my very, very sick pal
A very weird interview with Stuart Pivar about Epstein, his science parties, his "pathology," and the industrial scale of it all.
Peace Lines
In 1998, political leaders in Northern Ireland signed a peace agreement. They hoped it would end the sectarian violence between Catholics and Protestants who’d been fighting each other for decades. At the root of the conflict was the question of...
The impact of Jay Inslee’s climate-focused 2020 candidacy
Jay Inslee dropped out of the presidential contest. The fight for climate action is ramping up.
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon while chasing a lucrative prize: a $10 billion cloud computing deal.
MIT sets review of donations, apologizes for Jeffrey Epstein ties
Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Rafael Reif said on Thursday tha...
Trump’s move halts virtually all asylum cases in New England - The Boston Globe
Federal officials stopped processing most of the cases filed in the Boston and Newark offices, affecting some 40,000 petitions for asylum.
The Epoch Times begins hiding its connection to a huge pro-Trump ad buy on Facebook
By hiding its multimillion-dollar dark money ad spend, the organization is bypassing Facebook’s political advertising transparency rules.
With Amazon Ablaze, Brazil Faces Global Backlash: ‘Lungs of the Earth Are in Flames’
The fires scorching the Amazon come amid growing concern that Brazil’s weakening environmental policies could jeopardize the country’s trade and foreign relations.
Brazil's Government Is Wrong About The Fires In The Amazon, And This Data Proves It
2019 isn't a year of extreme drought like Bolsonaro's government has claimed. If that were the case, the number of forest fires we're seeing would be doubled.
Highway of riches, road to ruin: Inside the Amazon's deforestation crisis
Highway BR-163 cuts a brutal path through Brazil’s conflicting ambitions: to transform itself into an economic powerhouse and to preserve the Amazon as a bulwark against climate change. Stephanie Nolen travelled 2,000 kilometres along the dusty,...