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Mar 12, 2021

Is the Coronavirus Alive?

This essays is adapted from Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means To Be Alive (Dutton 2021) [Order / Author site] It appeared…

Is the Coronavirus Alive?

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Dec 9, 2019

Some Science Stories Worth Reading

Here is a list of some of the stories and books I have assigned to students over the years in my class, “Writing about Science, Medicine…

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Sep 29, 2019

Science Writing: Guidelines and Guidance

These are notes for a class called “Writing about Science, Medicine, and the Environment,” which I have taught for several years at Yale…

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May 10, 2019

Seven Big Misconceptions About Heredity

By Carl Zimmer

Seven Big Misconceptions About Heredity

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Mar 6, 2019

One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit

A handful of criminal prosecutions have stalled because DNA tests cannot distinguish between suspects who are twins. Then scientists…

One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit

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Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #8: Can We Make Life?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

What Is Life? #8: Can We Make Life?

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Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #7: Warm Ponds Or Hellish Vents–Where Did Life Begin?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

What Is Life? #7: Warm Ponds Or Hellish Vents–Where Did Life Begin?

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Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #6: How Weird Can Life Get?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

What Is Life? #6: How Weird Can Life Get?

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Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #5: Why Does Life Exist?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

What Is Life? #5: Why Does Life Exist?

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Jan 31, 2019

What Is Life? #4: How Did Life Begin?

“What Is Life?” is an eight-episode podcast series recorded in front of a live audience. (Subscribe to the podcast at iTunes, etc.) In…

What Is Life? #4: How Did Life Begin?

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New York Times columnist. New book: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity http://bit.ly/SheHasHerMothersLaugh

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