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David Dobbs on science, nature, and culture.
I write on science, medicine, nature, culture and other matters for the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, National Geographic, Scientific American Mind, and other publications. (Find clips here.) Right now I'm writing my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which explores the hypothesis that the genetic roots some of our worst problems and traits — depresison, hyperaggression, violence, antisocial behavior — can also give rise to resilience, cooperation, empathy, and contentment. The book expands on my December 2009 Atlantic article exploring these ideas.
I've also written three books, including Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz, and the Meaning of Coral, which traces the strangest but most forgotten controversy in Darwin's career — an elemental dispute running some 75 years.
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October 26, 2006
Category: Nota Bene
Amid the rash of school violence over the last few weeks, the town just next to my own placid, lovely Vermont town, Barre, was recently shaken when three teenagers got involved in a grisly murder of a down-and-out drifter and drug dealer.
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October 24, 2006
Category: Brains and minds
Stroke damage in a human brain _____________________________________________ Horrors: I've forgotten to post several articles I wrote about findings presented...
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I've been remiss in not posting several articles I wrote reporting on findings presented at the Society for Neuroscience conference...
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October 23, 2006
Category: Culture of science
Amid my guilt at not writing more on avian flu myself, I note well this typically excellent post from Effect Measure, pondering: Why so little word lately of bird flu? Its issues intersect, in a very rough way, with those raised about science journalism...
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October 21, 2006
Category: Culture of science
Even among the other scandals the drug industry has produced lately, the behavior described in the latest New England Journal of Medicine stands out as particularly stunning.
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October 5, 2006
Category: Interesting if true...
Boing Boing points out that Fox News has at least thrice identified disgraced Congressman Mark Foley — Republican of Florida,...
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