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David Dobbs on science, nature, and culture.

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dobbspic 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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May 4, 2007

Pure Pedantry : Stress precedes volume reductions in the hippocampus in PTSD

Category: Brains and minds

As the folks at Pure Pedantry point out, the discovery that stress precedes volume reductions in the hippocampus in PTSD...

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May 3, 2007

Dished up by Andrew Sullivan: Blogging vs. Serious Writing

Category: Culture of science

This makes me think of the old line about fading actors or writers when death brings them renewed attention: "Good...

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May 1, 2007

Back Home from Seed's Scienceblogs -- or Why I Don't Blog More Often

Category: Culture of science

A few weeks ago the Question Du Jour, on Seed's Scienceblogs and elsewhere, was "Why Do You Blog?" Here's...

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