David Merritt Johns

Big Bird

Are New York’s pigeons getting fatter? An investigation into animal obesity.

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at 8:10 PM ET

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Free Willy

Should prison inmates have the right to masturbate?

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at 6:59 AM ET

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The Brown Peril

How contagious are bedbugs, really?

David Merritt Johns and Amy L. Fairchild | MEDICAL EXAMINER | Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, at 7:16 AM ET

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Disconnected?

We've heard that obesity and divorce can be passed from one person to another. Critics now wonder how the "social contagion" studies ever passed peer review.

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 6:53 AM ET

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The Great Carmelo Debate

Why can't basketball stats nerds separate the superstars from the ball hogs?

David Merritt Johns | SPORTS NUT | Monday, March 7, 2011, at 6:53 PM ET

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Just Hold Me

Do real men like to cuddle?

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, at 6:57 AM ET

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Everything Is Contagious

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Thursday, April 8, 2010, at 10:18 AM ET

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Everything Is Contagious

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Wednesday, April 7, 2010, at 3:43 PM ET

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Facial Profiling

Can you tell if a man is dangerous by the shape of his mug?

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, at 10:36 AM ET

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My Own Private B.O.

Forensic chemists examined my odorprint. Here's what they smelled.

David Merritt Johns | SCIENCE | Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at 4:38 PM ET

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