Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Meet Moses, the orphaned baby elephant raised by a human mom
Moses is 7 months old, 220 pounds, and needs 24-hour care and a bottle feeding every two hours during the night. His human mom, Jenny Webb, is up for all of it.
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Trampoline bridge would be the best-ever way to get across a river
This proposed inflatable bridge has 90-foot trampolines and a view of the Eiffel Tower. Who needs to see the rest of Paris?
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Skydive from space recreated in LEGO
If you missed Felix Baumgartner's freefall jump, which sponsor Red Bull swears will have scientific validity, you can see it recreated at 1:350 scale with LEGOs here. Or you could watch the video, I GUESS.
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Water-spout jetpacks are hands down the coolest personal transport we’ve seen
These jetpacks, which hold you up on columns of water, are not an alternative to cars (yet). But they look like the funnest EVER.