Thalassophilia unmasked
There is no gene for thalassophilia—yet, anyway. My satirical post last week about scientists finding a gene for love of the sea was intended to make a point about how we view genomics today—and a...
View ArticleThe Science of Human Perfection
I’ve started a new page–it will stay in the header bar above–for my forthcoming book, The Science of Human Perfection: How Genes Became the Heart of American Medicine, due this summer from Yale...
View ArticleLatest book news
Official release date for SoHP is 9/25; I have hardcover in my hot little hands already. Yay! Working on a piece for the Chronicle of Higher Education, and now HuffPost wants an essay of 800-1000 words.
View ArticleThe gene for hubris
A recent post by Jon Entine on the Forbes website leads with a complimentary citation of my book– and then goes on to undermine its central thesis. He concludes: Modern eugenic aspirations are not...
View Article23andMe, myself, and I
Here is the new ad from 23andMe that will begin airing shortly on cable TV*: Genomics is going mainstream and the best news is first that it’s real simple and second that it’s all about me. Let’s take...
View Article“Recombinant Gold” teaser
Had a request for a teaser of my recent review of Nic Rasmussen’s Gene Jockeys from Nature (April 10). If you want the whole thing, log in to Nature or shoot me an email. In 1969, the molecular...
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