Items by Carl Zimmer
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Richard Panek's study of the cosmos,"The 4 Percent Universe"
Posted: January 28th, 2011, 12:19pm EST by Carl Zimmer
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The 4 Percent Universe Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality By Richard Panek Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 297 pp. $26 In 1969, an astronomer named Jeremiah Ostriker realized that the Milky Way was spinning too fast. That may sound odd, given that it takes the sun ...
Wired: Top Stories
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Carl Zimmer's Dissection: The More We Know About Genes, the Less We Understand
Posted: April 17th, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Carl Zimmer
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Scientists find that genes obey orders from a complicated chain of command, but now they need to figure out why genes function just fine -- and sometimes even better -- when the network is disrupted. Commentary by Carl Zimmer.
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Carl Zimmer's Dissection: Your Brain is a Mess, but It Knows How to Make Fixes
Posted: April 3rd, 2008, 9:00pm EDT by Carl Zimmer
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The brain has a lot of work to do, but most of its signals get distorted by transmission errors. Luckily, it knows how to compensate. Commentary by Carl Zimmer.
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Carl Zimmer's Dissection: How to Date the Grand Canyon -- Go With the Flow
Posted: March 6th, 2008, 4:30pm EST by Carl Zimmer
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Geologists have been struggling to assign an age to the Grand Canyon, but now they find it's in the water. Commentary by Carl Zimmer.
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Honey Bees Give Clues on Virus Spread
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 2:00pm EST by Carl Zimmer
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As scientists try to solve the mystery of dying bees, it becomes more and more clear that nature is awesomely complex. Commentary by Carl Zimmer