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dobbspic I write articles 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, and am working on my fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion, which expands on my recent December 2009 Atlantic article. In August 2010, I'll be moving to London for a year to work on the book. I'll also serve as a senior fellow at City University London's MA science journalism program.

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    Oliver Sacks meets Jon Stewart

    Posted on: June 30, 2009 10:45 AM, by David Dobbs


    Okay, Jonah saw this first -- but in case you missed it there, here's a snip from Jon Stewart interviewing Oliver Sacks about music and the brain.

    This is a nice meeting. I've not met Stewart, but I had the pleasure to spend some time with Sacks while working on a couple stories, and he once gave me a book about Alexander Agassiz because he liked my book about Agassiz -- and I'm happy to see him exert his usual charm and humor here in this Stewart segment.

    The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
    Oliver Sacks
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    As I said over on Jonah's blog, my only issue with the above video is that Sacks said that humans are the only animal that can dance. Recent research suggests otherwise.

    Posted by: The Science Pundit | June 30, 2009 2:22 PM

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