Carlyn Zwarenstein (page 3)

Email: carlyn.zwarenstein@salon.com

Carlyn Zwarenstein writes about science for Salon. She aims to make your mind buzz and glow as you read about the wonders of evolution, neuroscience & microbiology — and to fruitfully explore areas where issues of science and power intersect. Carlyn has written one short book and one long book about drugs, pain, art, & getting through it all together, most recently the long one, On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance (Goose Lane, 2021; ECW 2022). She's on Bluesky @carlynzwaren.bsky.social, and you can find more of her writing here.

Nature keeps evolving crabs and the internet is obsessed. What’s going on here? Carlyn Zwarenstein

Long covid activists Senate Appropriations Subcommittee

All eyes on XEC: Why COVID sleuths are paying attention to this variant Carlyn Zwarenstein

From dinosaurs to dolphins, what gaze following reveals about the evolution of empathy Carlyn Zwarenstein

Scientist with math equations data projected

Numbers game: Is math the language of nature or just a human construct? Carlyn Zwarenstein

How naturally-produced opioids help plumb the depths of animal minds Carlyn Zwarenstein

Shortly after the Big Bang, conditions were perfect for life. Did aliens emerge long before us? Carlyn Zwarenstein

Why warzones are the perfect place for antibiotic resistance and what that means for Palestine Carlyn Zwarenstein

A girl standing in the midst of the stars at night

Sure, we're all made of stardust. But what does that really mean? Carlyn Zwarenstein

If the multiverse theory is real, how soon can I ditch this sucky timeline? Carlyn Zwarenstein

What a gorilla named Lia taught scientists about human facial expressions Carlyn Zwarenstein

Two chimpanzees meeting with each other apparently having a discussion using hand gestures

Study finds vocal flexibility in young chimpanzees, a parallel perhaps denoting language's origins Carlyn Zwarenstein

What are the biomarkers of Alzheimer's really telling us? Carlyn Zwarenstein

Navigating new Alzheimer's drugs can be confusing and expensive. So do they really help patients? Carlyn Zwarenstein

Cabinet of replica human fosil skulls. From a college dept of Anthropology.

A new model for human origins in Africa upends commonly held beliefs about our evolution Carlyn Zwarenstein

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