They Froze for Science — But Got the Eggs
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 ...
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How Darwin Seduced the Devout Asa Gray
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 ...
Free Science, One Paper at a Time (Neuron Culture Moving Party Track 6)
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...
The Case for Selective Paternalism in Genetic Testing
In the world of genetic testing, how much information is too much? Genetic counselor Laura Hercher argues that sometimes, selectivity is merited.
Embrace Your Dangerous Genome
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....
The Neanderthal In (and On) Steve Colbert
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Psychiatry Set to Medicalize Hissy Fits
Every decade or two, the American Psychiatric Association reworks its Diagnostic Statistical Manual, or DSM, to try to have diagnostic categories reflect the cu...
Naomi Wolf’s “Vagina” and the Perils of Neuro Self-Help, or How Dupe-amine Drove Me Into a Dark Dungeon
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...
Long Genome, Lively Book
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...
Researcher Caught Up in Fraud Case Punches Back
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...