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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.) 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. Oliver Sacks found Reef Madness "brilliantly written, almost unbearably poignant." Check it out.

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Quick dip: Fish hatchery mischief; health-care-reform sabotage; wiki science; and maple seeds

Posted on: June 16, 2009 3:05 PM, by David Dobbs

SciAm ponders evidence that fish hatcheries are watering down the trout and salmon gene pool.

Matt Yglesias looks at one of many lies being told by those opposing health-care reform — confirming Salon's prediction that the opponents of reform are not going to play nice. See also The American Prospect on How Big Pharma Intends to Kill the Public Option. I should add this campaign is having an effect: On the radio this morning I heard NPR Steve Insky Inskeep vigorously press the "public plan as trojan horse" attack on Kathleen Sibelius; I can only hope he'll as vigorously ask people such as Mitt Romney what exactly is wrong with offering more attractive insurance options to the almost 75 million people who are un- or under-insured.

And if somehow you missed it, do see Carl Zimmer's fine post on Swine Flu Science: First Wiki, Then Publish and Brandon Keim's fascinating look at how Maple Seeds Ride Self-Generated Tornadoes.

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