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They Froze for Science — But Got the Eggs

Posted on June 6, 2013 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Below find #8 in my Best of Neuron Culture Moving Party — a run of 10 of my favorite posts from the blog’s stay at WIRED, posted on the eve of the blog’s ...

Culture of Science/History of science

How Darwin Seduced the Devout Asa Gray

Posted on June 5, 2013 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Below find #7 in my Best of Neuron Culture Moving Party — a run of 10 of my favorite posts from the blog’s stay at WIRED, posted as I moved the blog here. This ...

Culture of Science/History of science

Free Science, One Paper at a Time (Neuron Culture Moving Party Track 6)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Below find #6 in my Best of Neuron Culture Moving Party — a run of 10 of my favorite posts from the blog’s tenure at WIRED, posted as I move the blog here...

Culture of Science/Uncategorized

The Case for Selective Paternalism in Genetic Testing

Posted on January 14, 2013 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

In the world of genetic testing, how much information is too much? Genetic counselor Laura Hercher argues that sometimes, selectivity is merited.

Culture of Science/Uncategorized

Embrace Your Dangerous Genome

Posted on January 9, 2013 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Virginia Hughes is “sick of reading about the dangers of the genome.” So she complains over at Slate, eloquently, and I’m sick right with her....

Culture of Science/Uncategorized

The Neanderthal In (and On) Steve Colbert

Posted on November 19, 2012 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Chris Stringer www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video ...

Culture of Science/Uncategorized

Psychiatry Set to Medicalize Hissy Fits

Posted on November 14, 2012 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Every decade or two, the American Psychiatric Association reworks its Diagnostic Statistical Manual, or DSM, to try to have diagnostic categories reflect the cu...

Brains and Behavior/Culture of Science/Uncategorized

Naomi Wolf’s “Vagina” and the Perils of Neuro Self-Help, or How Dupe-amine Drove Me Into a Dark Dungeon

Posted on September 10, 2012 by David Dobbs / 3 Comments

Someone should have warned Naomi Wolf what slippery material she’d get encounter by taking a neuro angle into Vagina: A New Biography. As Zoe Heller expla...

Culture of Science/Uncategorized

Long Genome, Lively Book

Posted on July 17, 2012 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

Five years ago, guitar player, raconteur, writer, genome geek and Duke professor Misha Angrist surrendered his DNA to the eyes of the public, and to his own res...

Brains and Behavior/Culture of Science/Uncategorized

Researcher Caught Up in Fraud Case Punches Back

Posted on June 25, 2012 by David Dobbs / 4 Comments

When a researcher fudges data or engages in other fraudulent behavior, among those most wronged are the collaborators who did nothing wrong. Often there are man...

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