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How the Tobacco Industry Shaped the Science of Stress

Posted on July 16, 2014 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

The modern idea of stress began on a rooftop in Canada, with a handful of rats freezing in the winter wind. This was 1936 and by that point the owner of the rat...

Culture of Science

An Academic Says Goodbye To All That

Posted on January 6, 2014 by David Dobbs / 0 Comment

On seeing when it’s time to say goodbye to something you love, because there’s so much you hate about it. Very fine piece by @scicurious. I could ha...

Biology/Culture of Science/Genetics/History of science

Jerry Coyne Mucks Up and Misreads “Die, Selfish Gene, Die”

Posted on December 6, 2013 by David Dobbs / 27 Comments

Below is a corrective comment I left below Jerry Coyne’s second of two posts (his first is here) critiquing “Die, Selfish Gene, Die,” my recen...

Anthropology/Culture of Science

John Hawks is Pissed

Posted on June 10, 2013 by David Dobbs / 2 Comments

John Hawks, the funny, fearless, adventurous anthropologist who writes one of the richest blogs in all academia, recently read an editorial at Current Biology t...

Brains and Behavior/Culture of Science/History of science/Medicine/Writing

“The Book of Woe” – Gary Greenberg’s Romp of a Read About the DSM Debacle

Posted on June 10, 2013 by David Dobbs / 4 Comments

Note: This review first appeared in Nature, 2 May 2012. My thanks to Nature for the commission and fine editorial support. When it is published later this month...

Brains and Behavior/Culture/Culture of Science/History of science

How Eugenics Gets Legit

Posted on June 8, 2013 by David Dobbs / 1 Comment

In the wake of the flap over Geoffrey Miller’s fat-shaming, a friend pointed me to a remarkable collection at the Cold Spring Harbor website, the Eugenics...

Culture/Culture of Science

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.

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I write features, reviews, and essays for The New York Times, Write My Essays, National Geographic, EssayTigers, Aeon, Slate, EvolutionWriters, Chegg, Write My Paper and other companies and publications. I am also the author of three books, as well as the Atavist hit My Mother’s Lover, which tells the long-hidden story of my mother's secret WWII affair with a flight surgeon. MML became a # 1 best-selling Kindle Single and was chosen in 2014 by readers as their favorite Atavist publication.

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