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Where does the magic in magic mushrooms come from? Perhaps from the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, as a way to control the minds of slugs and snails. Join me on this very strange trip in the latest issue of my newsletter.
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I have moved my newsletter to Buttondown Here's my first issue of Friday's Elk from its new home. buttondown.email/carlzimmer/arc…

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Menopause is a peculiar human feature that fascinates evolutionary biologists. But now it turns out that female chimpanzees go through menopause, too. Here’s my story on this new mystery tinyurl.com/efkrhsnd [Gift link]

Today’s the day! Check out the fabulous team of writers in this year’s Best American Science and Nature Writing. It was an honor and a pleasure to serve as editor. harpercollins.com/products/the-b…

EU opens probe into X over Israel-Hamas war misinformation ft.com/content/a4ab23… via @ft

Here is my story on a new brain atlas: 3300 cell types and counting… Gift link: tinyurl.com/duzfw4df

Verified users on X are reposting old videos of bombings and building collapses suggesting that they are footage from Israel today.

The posts are getting up to a million views, while the posters are most likely benefiting from X’s monetization program

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Twitter/X has officially removed article headlines on links shared to the platform, now just displaying the image and website.

Today I wrote about a new study on same-sex sexual behavior in mammals. It's evolved often, and looks like an adaptation to social living. Here's the story [gift link] tinyurl.com/ysj5wbzk

The world of contagious cancer keeps getting weirder. Here's my story on how these quasi-parasites have been floating through the ocean for perhaps thousands of years. tinyurl.com/5xubysfw [Gift link]

Welcome to Pangea Ultima, our toasty potential new home 250 million years from now. A new study suggests it may get too hot for mammals like us to survive. Gift link: tinyurl.com/4zturk96

Pleistocene boardwalk? Scientists have found structural woodworking from almost half a million years ago. Here's my story. nytimes.com/2023/09/20/sci…

🟡 SCOOP: X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times, Max Tani reports.
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Elon Musk amplifies self-declared antisemite’s call to ban ADL from X jpost.com/diaspora/antis…

Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…

Twitter under Elon Musk's ownership has played a major role in allowing Russian propaganda about Ukraine to reach more people than before the war began, according to a year-long study released this week by the European Commission. wapo.st/480FYwr

Elon Musk 'likes' trending #BanTheADL posts as white supremacist ad runs on platform mashable.com/article/x-twit…

New story: a group of scientists has concluded that our ancestors were almost entirely wiped out almost a million years ago. nytimes.com/2023/08/31/sci…