/ en-US Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:56:51 -0800 60 / 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg /author_blog_posts/20918521-life-s-edge-goodreads-giveaway Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:56:51 -0800 /author_blog_posts/20918521-life-s-edge-goodreads-giveaway Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive, is coming out March 9. You can enter a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Giveaway contest for the chance to get a free copy. Enter here. For more about LIFE'S EDGE, .

posted by Carl Zimmer on February, 02 ]]> /author_blog_posts/18724188-national-academies-award Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:29:31 -0700 /author_blog_posts/18724188-national-academies-award She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity You can read about it--and about winners in other categories--.

posted by Carl Zimmer on August, 16 ]]> /author_blog_posts/18436113-she-has-her-mother-s-laugh-on-bill-nye-s-new-podcast Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:54:27 -0700 /author_blog_posts/18436113-she-has-her-mother-s-laugh-on-bill-nye-s-new-podcast She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity on his new podcast, Science Rules. And since we were talking about heredity, it only made sense that we were joined by one of my daughters, Charlotte.

posted by Carl Zimmer on June, 06 ]]> /author_blog_posts/18426919-paperback-day Tue, 04 Jun 2019 11:45:10 -0700 /author_blog_posts/18426919-paperback-day She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity is now available in paperback. If you are reading it for a book group, please check out [pdf]



posted by Carl Zimmer on June, 04 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17903915-new-podcast-what-is-life Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:01:51 -0800 /author_blog_posts/17903915-new-podcast-what-is-life
To explore these questions, I hosted a series of live conversations with some leading thinkers on life—including chemists, physicists, and a philosopher — at Caveat in New York City.

Now you can now listen to these conversations in an eight-episode podcast series, “What Is Life?�

Here are a few platform links:






You can also listen to them on and . On both sites I've added show notes.

If you like it, please rate and review it so others can find out about it too. Thanks!

posted by Carl Zimmer on March, 24 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17605534-a-new-york-times-notable-book-of-the-year Wed, 21 Nov 2018 07:11:20 -0800 /author_blog_posts/17605534-a-new-york-times-notable-book-of-the-year She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity is among the (By the way, the book is now a FINALIST for a Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Readers Choice Award. Voting closes 11/26.)

posted by Carl Zimmer on March, 08 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17547092-on-to-the-goodreads-semi-finals Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:50:41 -0800 /author_blog_posts/17547092-on-to-the-goodreads-semi-finals She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity into the semi-finals for the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards! The new voting round lasts till November 11. I hope I can count on your vote once more!

posted by Carl Zimmer on March, 15 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17511504-can-i-get-your-goodreads-vote Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:15:21 -0700 /author_blog_posts/17511504-can-i-get-your-goodreads-vote She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity has been nominated for the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Award in the Science & Tech category. This is the biggest prize awarded by readers rather than media and critics. Round one ends 11/4. I would really appreciate it you voted for it!


posted by Carl Zimmer on January, 05 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17495239-publisher-s-weekly-ten-best-of-2018 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:33:59 -0700 /author_blog_posts/17495239-publisher-s-weekly-ten-best-of-2018 Publisher's Weekly picked She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity for their !

posted by Carl Zimmer on March, 15 ]]> /author_blog_posts/17113865-bibliophile-column-in-the-boston-globe Fri, 27 Jul 2018 07:51:00 -0700 /author_blog_posts/17113865-bibliophile-column-in-the-boston-globe
BOOKS: What are you reading?

ZIMMER: I started Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. People have been talking about how this book is particularly resonant for 2018, so I thought it was high time to check it out. I’m trying to work more science fiction into my diet. The nice thing about finishing my own book is that suddenly I have crazy amounts of free time. I feel this incredible freedom to grab a whole bunch of books.



posted by Carl Zimmer on March, 15 ]]>