Carl Zimmer

Carl Zimmer, a long-time New York Times science columnist, has explained parasites, evolution, heredity and viruses in books from Parasite Rex in 2000 to She Has Her Mother's Laugh and Air-Borne. He builds his accounts from the primary research papers and interviews with the scientists involved, and is careful to say where findings are preliminary. His reporting on the airborne spread of Covid-19 traced why public health advice was slow to change.