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All the back stories and side stories to the feature articles I’m working on: anecdotes that don’t fit into the main piece, works cited, tangential lines of inquiry, and some self-critiquing

A few more thoughts on Precision Medicine
Posted on April 10, 2016April 10, 2016

A few more thoughts on Precision Medicine

Had this piece run in the April issue of Scientific American, and got a bit of flack from the precision medicine enthusiasts out there. They were particularly incensed that I wrote dismissively of Gleevec, the cancer drug that made headlines back in 2001, when it was found to work against CML (chronic myelogenous leukemia). Gleevec … Continue reading A few more thoughts on Precision Medicine

On the neuroscience of memory
Posted on February 6, 2016February 6, 2016

On the neuroscience of memory

Had this article go up yesterday over at Scientific American. It was a fun piece to do because I got to revisit one of the most deeply fascinating questions in all of science: how do the basic electrical and chemical exchanges that occur in our brains produce the infinitely complicated experience of being alive? Seriously: think about it. An electric … Continue reading On the neuroscience of memory

On big stories with narrow perspectives
Posted on January 4, 2016January 5, 2016

On big stories with narrow perspectives

My piece on Laura’s Law – the involuntary outpatient commitment statute  being implemented in California – is out in this month’s issue of Pacific Standard. There are two things that I want to note:   1) This is not a comprehensive or wholly unbiased take on involuntary outpatient commitment.  This is the story of one county — the … Continue reading On big stories with narrow perspectives

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