Carl Zimmer Archive — Page 1 of 1

Carl Zimmer, wearing glasses, a suit, and striped tie, gestures with both hands while speaking at a lectern.
October 10, 2013

Discovery Lecturer makes case for stronger science

The occasional failings of science tend to draw big headlines — findings that can’t be replicated or increasing numbers of papers that are retracted because studies were improperly or even fraudulently conducted.

By Bill Snyder
Black-and-white line drawing of a bespectacled man with short, tousled hair, wearing a collared shirt.
September 26, 2013

Noted science writer Zimmer set for next Discovery Lecture

Award-winning New York Times science writer and columnist Carl Zimmer will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 3, on setting science “right” when it goes “wrong.”

By Bill Snyder