David Quammen appears in the following:
Falling
Thursday, September 17, 2020
We plunge into a black hole, take a trip over Niagara Falls, and upend some myths about falling cats.
KILL EM' ALL
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Ever since there have been humans, mosquitoes have been biting us, and we’ve been trying to kill them. And, for the most part, the mosquitoes have been winning. Until now.
Patient Zero Extra: Ebola
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Robert Krulwich and our Senior Editor Soren Wheeler call up David Quammen to get a scientific perspective on the current Ebola outbreak.
Patient Zero - Updated
Thursday, November 13, 2014
The greatest mysteries have a shadowy figure at the center, Patient Zero. We hunt for Patient Zeroes from all over the map.
Animal Infections and Human Diseases
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
David Quammen discusses the emergence of strange new diseases around the world that originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. In Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, he recounts his adventures in the field—netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo—with the world’s leading disease scientists to learn how, why, and where these diseases emerge.
The Cell That Started a Pandemic
Monday, November 14, 2011
In the early 1980s, epidemiologists were racing to understand a mysterious disease that was killing young men in California.
Gravitational Anarchy
Monday, November 29, 2010
Rosemary Morton had a little ... trouble with gravity.
Taking the Plunge
Monday, September 20, 2010
Three stories that upend our pre-conceived notions about falling.
Famous Tumors
Monday, May 17, 2010
Say hello to the growth that killed Ulysses S. Grant, & get to know the woman whose cancer cells changed modern medicine.
Contagious Cancers?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Could some cancers be contagious? New evidence suggests certain types of cancer can spread from one person to another. Journalist David Quammen’s article for the April issue of Harper’s magazine is "Contagious Cancer: The Evolution of a Disease."