Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Brain-eating parasite has killed at least 10 in Pakistan
Remember when we warned you about the parasite Naegleria fowleri, which causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (in short, eats your brain)? And you were probably all “oh, brain-eating microorganisms, picture from Shaun of the Dead … this is clearly sensationalist nonsense.” Well, you SHOULD HAVE LISTENED, HUH? Because N. fowleri has now caused at least 10 […]
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These cool public benches are made out of cars and propane tanks
Artist Colin Selig makes benches for municipal buildings and parks — and, of course, for rich people’s private courtyards, because a guy’s gotta eat — out of recycled propane tanks and car parts. The bench above is made from a 1968 El Camino. Here’s one of his propane tank benches: And here’s his process:
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Old phone booths get new life as giant public fish tanks
Phone booths are the appendix of the urban landscape — useless and occasionally full of junk. So what better way to rehabilitate them than to fill them with fish? The phone booths, not your appendix.
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FYI, there are weird human bushes in Central Park today
Humanoid bushes are jumping up and scaring the piss out of people in New York.