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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.)
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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Recent Posts
- Fallows on the Fort Hood shootings: "Don't mean nothing."
- Gorgeous thing of the day: Sky's-eye view of the Maldives & other islands
- "The male approaches with his thumbs (like the Fonz) and mounts the female (like the Fonz.)"
- Quick dip: Healthcare reform, conflicted profs, and the vaccine shortage
- "No pity party, no macho man." Psychologist Dave Grossman on surviving killing
- Still hope for writers everywhere: Robots take over sports desk - but need writer to write lede.
- The importance of stupidity in scientific research (and in writing), by Randy Burgess
- Top 5 Neuron Culture Posts for October
- Why is the swine flu vaccine so late? Who are you to ask such a question?
- "The right to infect": SophiaZoe tells us what she really thinks about health workers & flu shots
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- G. Arnoult on The importance of stupidity in scientific research (and in writing), by Randy Burgess
- CRM-114 on Fallows on the Fort Hood shootings: "Don't mean nothing."
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- Irene Delse on "No pity party, no macho man." Psychologist Dave Grossman on surviving killing
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You can contact David Dobbs at dave[at]daviddobbs.net.
