17 notes &
Science writer Carl Zimmer discusses a deeply personal story and profound realization on Radiolab. Do yourself a favor and listen to it!
One night 14 years ago, Carl Zimmer woke up in the middle of the night in a panic. He was in South Sudan to research a collection of terrible, deadly diseases—like sleeping sickness and a particularly virulent strain of malaria—that plagued the region. As he looked up at the moon, he noticed several holes in his mosquito netting, and his brain began to spin through the grim possibilities.
Without giving too much away, Carl goes on to tell the story of how he found himself in that tent with the torn netting in the first place. And he explains how what happened that night changed his life.
(Source: radiolab.org)
