spreading misinformation about vaccines to worried parents, lead to needless outbreaks of disease that even puts children at risk of death. [citation needed] Similarly, Zimmer considers global warming as one of the biggest societal issues of our time, as our children and their children will inherit not only our genes, but this planet too, and states that "We should think about tinkering with the future of genetic heredity, but I think we should also be doing that with our environmental heredity and our cultural heredity. Its habitat was my habitat, he says. Close-ups from a few entries in the 2021 #PeepYourScience contest. It was transferred to Zimmer's personal website in 2018. He is the author of five prevcious books, including Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea and Parasite Rex, for which he has [7] Zimmer writes a weekly column called "Matter" in The New York Times. Paul Miller 1865 1947. The film was directed by Steve Rash. We put in a big wall of bookshelves, but Ive already reached a zero-sum game with space. [6] In 2009, Zimmer was the keynote speaker at Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS). He scours the streets of Ho Chi Minh city and finds Ho Minh Truong, the son of USAF Major Sam Roper and his Vietnamese wife Nhi Houng Roper. Zimmers column Matter appears each week in the New York Times. He lives in Connecticut with his wife Grace and their children, Charlotte and Veronica. Id say from mid- to late-afternoon. [11] In 2009 and 2010 he was host of the periodic audio podcast "Meet the Scientist"[12] of the American Society for Microbiology. The New York Knicks are also-rans in the NBA, their roster filled with players who either lack talent or are too distracted by off-the-court issues. Things start to wind down at that point. Nothing but a black screen and a command line on top. [16][17], Zimmer has publicly expressed his concerns about science denial, noting that attacks on science "are in a number of cases well-funded campaigns, and some politicians are backing some of them for their own political ends", where "climate change, evolution, and vaccines seem to top the list". Then I hear the front door open and realize school is over. If I wasnt reading for an article or book I was currently working on, I was reading to find something to write about in the future. MacBook. [3] Zimmer's father is Dick Zimmer, a Republican politician from New Jersey, who was a member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997. Zimmer received a B.A. He has an essay on species in the current edition of Scientific American . His work has earned awards from the National Academies of Sciences and AAAS. He is the author of five prevcious books, including Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea and Parasite Rex, for which he has Follow him on Twitter @czimmer. By Carl Zimmer and Noah Weiland Published Dec. 2, 2020 Updated Dec. 18, 2020 In October, Judith Munz and her husband, Scott Petersen, volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial . To order a copy for 21.25 go to guardianbookshop.com or call 0330 All I know is that when I have to stop for the day, I feel like Im just getting really started. Eric J. Topol, MD: Hello. Carl Zimmer is a columnist for The New York Times, where his Matter column appears eachThursday. We think of ourselves as being on the losing end of a tag-team wrestling matchparticularly at about seven in the morning, after Veronica has gone through a few hours of pre-dawn nursing, squirming, groaning, crying, spewing, and nursing. My wife and I moved here 10 years ago from Queens. While Zimmer thought that some gene-editing procedures, especially for conditions caused by single gene mutations, might provide simple ways to battle serious diseases, he urged for caution about intervention at the embryonic stage. He is a lecturer at Yale, where he teaches science writing. [1] Carl Zimmer's father is Dick Zimmer, a Republican politician from New Jersey, who was a member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997. From my chair I can stare out at trees in the distance and butterfly bushes in the foreground. Daughter of Carl Zimmer and Johanna Ruloff Wife of Paul Miller. [2] He is the only science writer to have a species of tapeworm named after him (Acanthobothrium zimmeri). Nationality: United States Executive summary: Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea. He is, to his knowledge, the only writer after whom a species of tapeworm has been named. 16-Aug-1944) Mother: Marfy Goodspeed Brother: Benjamin Zimmer (linguist, b. Im way behind on tagging my interviews with details. I simultaneously keep notes in a spiral notebook. Ive forced myself out of that habit, and now Ive always got a novel Im slowly working on (just finishing up the Smiley trilogy by John LeCarre).