Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Holy crap, iceberg tsunami!
If you’ve ever wondered what it looks like to almost get flattened by a collapsing glacier, now you can find out. This boat was right in the line of fire — […]
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Here’s what lightning looks like in 3-D
From our vantage point on the ground, lightning usually looks like a forked line from the sky to the ground. But it's way more complicated and cool, as this model of lightning from the D.C. derecho shows.
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Spectacular image of the Southern Lights from space
If you need an excuse to love the planet, just hang around NASA’s site for a while — the images they post make it kind of hard not to feel […]
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Here is a very, very gross picture of mayflies
My first thought when looking at this photo (posted by Reddit user ILikeWhereThisIsGoin, who probably doesn’t) was “oh, a lawnmower must have exploded! Look at all those grass clippings. All […]
