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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.

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in 2022. “What's most compelling about a scientific story is the way it challenges us to think about the concepts we take for granted,”...

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.

"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.

"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.

"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.