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In 2020, an invisible germ - a virus - wholly upended our lives. We're most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or Covid-19. But viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long that we are actually part virus: the human genome contains more DNA from viruses than our own genes. Meanwhile, scientists are discovering viruses everywhere they look: in the soil, in the ocean, even in deep caves miles underground.

Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: what is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien life on other worlds? The question hangs over some of society’s most charged conflicts - whether a fertilised egg is a living person, for example, and when we ought to declare a person legally dead.

What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory. It is a saga of high adventure in remote locations, of arduous data collection and intellectual struggle, of long periods of frustration ended by sudden breakthroughs, of friendships made and lost, and of the exhilaration of discovery that forever altered our understanding of Earth's geological history.

Carl Zimmer prezintă cele mai recente cercetări despre modul în care virușii guvernează întreaga noastră existență, modul în care au contribuit la nașterea primelor forme de viață, cum contribuie la producerea de noi boli, cum putem valorifica virușii pentru propriile noastre scopuri și cum virușii vor continua să influențeze soarta omenirii în anii următori.

Desde las junglas húmedas de Costa Rica hasta el fétido entorno de las zonas rebeldes del sur de Sudán, Carl Zimmer nos guía a través de un viaje por el universo de los parásitos, un mundo en el que habitamos sin ser conscientes. Así nos descubre no solo la forma de vida más exitosa del planeta, sino aquella que da forma a los ecosistemas y es el motor de la evolución. Zimmer nos muestra, pues, cuánto han evolucionado estos bichos, y relata la aterradora facilidad con que pueden devorar a quien los hospeda, e incluso controlar su conducta.

"Mientras escribo esto, a lo largo del año 2015, los científicos intentan adelantarse a las próximas pandemias. Nadie es capaz de predecir cuándo una cepa en particular llevará a cabo el salto, si acaso lo hará. Sin embargo, no estamos indefensos ante lo que la evolución pueda tenernos reservado. Contamos con recursos para contrarrestar la expansión de la gripe, como lavarnos las manos. Y los científicos están aprendiendo a fabricar vacunas más efectivas. Al menos, ya no tenemos que mirar hacia las estrellas en busca de protección." — Carl Zimmer

"How We Got Here: DNA Points to a Single Migration from Africa" is from the September 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Eske Willerslev Is Rewriting History With DNA" is from the May 19, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Fathered by the Mailman? It's Mostly an Urban Legend" is from the April 08, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Climate Change and the Case of the Shrinking Red Knots" is from the May 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"The Spread of Contagious Cancer" is from the June 27, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"A 3.2 Million-Year-Old Mystery: Did Lucy Fall from a Tree?" is from the August 29, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"What’s the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, New Study Says" is from the October 05, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Where Did the First Farmers Live? Looking for Answers in DNA" is from the October 17, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Carl Zimmer and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

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