Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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This is what happens when you don’t double-check your GPS

You know cars can't climb stairs. We know cars can't climb stairs. But this driver, and more importantly his GPS, did not seem to know that cars can't climb stairs.

Jess Zimmerman Cities
Watch a solar plane fly across America

The current leg of its trip will take the plane from California to Phoenix, but Solar Impulse is in it for the long haul, crossing the entire country in the next few weeks.

Jess Zimmerman Technology
Make your commute more exciting with these Super Mario transit maps

Dave Delisle's maps imagine your commute as a trek through classic games.

Jess Zimmerman Cities
Mind-boggling infographic shows why sharks should be way more scared of you

This is pretty staggering. Why haven't the sharks made a classic movie about a terrifying rampaging human?

Jess Zimmerman Culture