Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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Heavily polluted Beijing now has 8-year-old lung cancer patient

But don't worry -- health officials say she probably just smokes too much.

Jess Zimmerman Cities
Rescued turtle can walk again thanks to a LEGO wheel prosthesis

Schildi the turtle lost a leg, but doctors rebuilt him, better, stronger, and ... probably much less fast but really, he's a turtle, how fast was he going to be.

Jess Zimmerman Culture
Three-eyed crab is almost certainly a harbinger of the Apocalypse

Next up: three-eyed human sacrifice, three-eyed dogs, and three-eyed cats living together, mass hysteria.

Jess Zimmerman Culture
Everybody managed to not get killed during the first five months of New York’s bikeshare

Doomsayers predicted helmetless tourists careening into taxis, but so far there have been no deaths on or caused by Citi Bikes.

Jess Zimmerman Cities