Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Carbon monoxide makes you breathe easier (metaphorically), says study

    So, carbon monoxide will kill you, obviously. But like a lot of things that will kill you, in small quantities it apparently makes you feel really great! In a recent study, carbon monoxide exposure made people less stressed out about the negative effects of living in the city, including crowds, noise, and presumably carbon monoxide […]

    Jess Zimmerman Health

  • A DIY bike lane in Mexico City

    Tired of waiting for the Mexico City government to deliver on a promise to build 186 miles of bike lanes (they've managed 14), a group of residents decided to take matters into their own hands. Eighty people from local pedestrian and bike organizations built three miles of priority bike lane in eight hours.  These bike lanes […]

    Jess Zimmerman Buildings

  • Climate denialism: It’s an Anglo-Saxon thing

    According to a new study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, climate change denial — or at least, representation of climate change denial in the media — is pretty heavily an Anglo-Saxon problem. The study analyzed more than 3,000 articles from six countries that presented deniers' viewpoints, and 80 percent of them […]

    Jess Zimmerman Accountability

  • Holy crap birds are amazing

    Now that we know birds are basically just tiny dinosaurs, it makes them simultaneously more cool and more terrifying. On the one hand: tiny dinosaur that lives in your house and asks you for a cracker! On the other hand: tiny dinosaur that tries to get all up in your boardwalk fries! And here we […]

    Jess Zimmerman Science