Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Sadly believable fake TED talk solves the fuel problem for good
"Step one: Devise an idea to create a car that runs on compost. Step two: Create the car. We've already completed step one. We're halfway there."
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Meet Moses, the orphaned baby elephant raised by a human mom
Moses is 7 months old, 220 pounds, and needs 24-hour care and a bottle feeding every two hours during the night. His human mom, Jenny Webb, is up for all of it.
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Trampoline bridge would be the best-ever way to get across a river
This proposed inflatable bridge has 90-foot trampolines and a view of the Eiffel Tower. Who needs to see the rest of Paris?
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Skydive from space recreated in LEGO
If you missed Felix Baumgartner's freefall jump, which sponsor Red Bull swears will have scientific validity, you can see it recreated at 1:350 scale with LEGOs here. Or you could watch the video, I GUESS.
