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Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Don’t look now, but some turkey has antibiotic-resistant superbugs

    Not to put a damper on your Thanksgiving or anything, but there are two new studies showing that drug-resistant bugs like MRSA are showing up in farmed meat, including turkey. Farm animals get fed a cocktail of antibiotics, which can create resistant strains of bacteria. It's been hard (though not impossible) to determine whether that's […]

    Jess Zimmerman Food

  • XKCD illustrates the cost of electricity

    The webcomic XKCD usually has pretty stripped-down images, and saves its complexity for the jokes. But when creator Randall Munroe gets his hands on some data, he can make an infographic you could get lost in. The above (click to embiggen) is just a tiny section of his epic chart comparing how much money gets spent […]

    Jess Zimmerman Climate & Energy

  • ‘Lost’ caribou herd was behind the couch the whole time

    The Beverly herd of caribou, 276,000 strong, had apparently vanished off the face of the planet last time scientists surveyed the tundra. Turns out, they just moved. There aren't quite as many of them as there were, but the herd is safe and sound a bit further north and closer to the coast. And now […]

    Jess Zimmerman Science

  • New batch of Climategate emails even lamer than the first

    The hackers who originally leaked the so-called "Climategate" emails (perhaps more accurately called the "Big Fuss Over Nothing" emails) have released a new batch of stolen communication from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit. Now that those involved in "Climategate" have been cleared of all suspicion by multiple independent investigations, climate scientists are […]

    Jess Zimmerman Science