Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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Hey McDonald’s, maybe don’t make your product literally look like excrement

Is this truly the MOST appetizing that McDonald's food can look?

Jess Zimmerman Food and Agriculture
This website lets people buy their neighbors’ leftovers

Greek website Cookisto is linking up people who cook enough to feed an army with those who can't cook enough to feed themselves.

Jess Zimmerman Culture
A plague of hornets in China is killing people and eating bees

Thanks to climate change, massive numbers of thumb-sized hornets have been rolling through Shaanxi Province, and they could be coming to your area next.

Jess Zimmerman Culture
This is the ultimate “how to be a jerk on public transit” photo

Maybe she's a tourist and is not aware of the custom of not treating train seats like they're a hammock on your porch.

Jess Zimmerman Cities