Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Watch live as a guy freefalls from space
Felix Baumgartner is jumping out of a balloon in the stratosphere, and skydiving all the way to Earth.
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Brain-eating parasite has killed at least 10 in Pakistan
Remember when we warned you about the parasite Naegleria fowleri, which causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (in short, eats your brain)? And you were probably all “oh, brain-eating microorganisms, picture from […]
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These cool public benches are made out of cars and propane tanks
Artist Colin Selig makes benches for municipal buildings and parks — and, of course, for rich people’s private courtyards, because a guy’s gotta eat — out of recycled propane tanks […]
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Old phone booths get new life as giant public fish tanks
Phone booths are the appendix of the urban landscape — useless and occasionally full of junk. So what better way to rehabilitate them than to fill them with fish? The […]
