Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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The unkillable tree lobster is getting its own animated film
Like many other things that look like aliens -- facehuggers, E.T., James Carville -- the Lord Howe Island stick insect, a.k.a. the tree lobster, is making the leap to film.
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The next space shuttle could be made out of trash
Researchers at NASA's Ames Research Center have devised a trash compactor that turns waste into 8-inch radiation-shielding tiles.
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Don’t like burgers? Maybe you’d prefer eating the moon or a vampire
Fat & Furious Burger kind of elevates the burger above a mere food item and turns it into more of an artistic genre.
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This nursing home cheers up patients with therapeutic llamas
Hanging out with animals lowers blood pressure, increases serotonin, and just generally makes patients feel better about the world. The llamas probably don't mind it either.