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Carlyn Zwarenstein

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Covers:  biology, public health, literature, science, politics, environment, social policy, drug policy, pain, housing and homelessness
Journalist/writer on science, this lovely ruined world. ON OPIUM: Pain, Pleasure, & Other Matters of Substance, my 2nd book. See website 4 that & other writing

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Carlyn Zwarenstein is the author of On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance, and its predecessor, Opium Eater: The New Confessions, a Globe & Mail best book of 2016. She has been a science and health writer at Salon.com, and now writes most often about biology and the intersections between science and power. As an independent journalist, Carlyn has written for publications ranging from Our Times to High Times and from the Washington Post to Canadian Geographic. She lives in Tor…

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Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Health care workers in Gaza ask why the international community ignores their suffering

Israel's year-long assault has left Gaza's health care system in ruins. But American medicine is largely sile…

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Israel is causing Gaza's public health system to collapse: report

Israel is causing Gaza's public health system to collapse: report

Detailing Israel's "crime of extermination," the report makes it clear bombing hospitals is no accident

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Why the internet is obsessed with crabs

Why the internet is obsessed with crabs

Does carcinization mean humans will one day grow pincers? Not exactly, but the concept is still fascinating

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Why COVID sleuths are paying attention to the XEC variant

Why COVID sleuths are paying attention to the XEC variant

Experts are keeping an eye on the XEC recombinant strain, which may cause trouble this winter

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

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

Studying the gazes of other animals has surprising insight into the development of human consciousness

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Is math the language of nature or just a human construct?

Is math the language of nature or just a human construct?

Scientists still debate whether our mathematical models of the universe objectively exist

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addiction | The Walrus

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By Jowita Bydlowska, Scott Oake Verified, Carlyn Zwarenstein Verified
| The Walrus Magazine Verified
The decision to quit drinking was the right one for me. But, as I have learned, there’s no perfect way to do it
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Invasion Metaphors in Conservation Biology Pose Real-World Risk

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By Carlyn Zwarenstein Verified
| UNDARK Verified
Immigration became the subject of increasingly ugly rhetoric during Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. He portrayed migrants as alien or dangerous, described them as animals, and used invasion analogies that made associations with vermin, infestations, and other undesirable biological phenomena.
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Jane Goodall’s Work With Chimps Changed How We See Humanity

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By Carlyn Zwarenstein Verified
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ALSO SEE: Jane Goodall, Wildlife Advocate and Primate Expert, Dies at 91 The renowned scientist, who died at 91, transformed our understanding of primates — and ourselves Jane Goodall, an iconic figure in conservation whose work transformed human-animal relations, is perhaps best known for the trailblazing research she carried out with chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park, in what is now Tanzania.
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Hinternet magazine global essay competition

2025 - Winner

Reviving a venerable tradition from the Enlightenment era, The Hinternet is launching an essay prize contest. The inaugural competition asks: “How might current and emerging technologies best be mobilized to secure perpetual peace?” There is a $10,000 USD prize for the winner. The contest invites bold, independent, and engaging ideas from specialists and non-specialists alike. While acknowledging the historical connection between technological progress and warfare, the contest seeks proposals that explore how such advancements might instead contribute to lasting peace without excessive compromises to human freedom. Submissions are due by September 1, 2025, with the winner announced in October. Essays may be anywhere between 2,000 and 10,000 words.

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