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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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August 29, 2007
Category: Brains and minds
We've long accepted that hormones can make you amorous, aggressive, or erratic. But lately neuroscience has been abuzz with...
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August 24, 2007
Category: Nota Bene
Grace Paley passed away, at 84, after a long battle with breast cancer. I heard her read once at a...
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Category: Brains and minds
Here's a juicy one from the Aug 24 Science. Labs in Switzerland and the UK have independently used visual tricks...
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August 17, 2007
Category: Environment/nature
A recent study in the American Geophysical Union'sJournal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres confirms that it really is getting hotter. The study...
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August 16, 2007
Category: Environment/nature
A splendid -- and to parents and young'n's, painfully relevant -- bit of research news from Science : Every...
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