Sam Kean

Blogging the Human Genome

How a mutation on chromosome 16 gave Elizabeth Taylor her amazing double eyelashes.

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Friday, July 13, 2012, at 6:00 AM ET

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Blogging the Human Genome

Muscular dystrophy, Cri du Chat, “immigration delay disease”: When DNA fails.

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 6:00 AM ET

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Blogging the Human Genome

The nasty fight between scientists that resulted in the sequencing of the human genome.

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at 6:00 AM ET

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Blogging the Human Genome

Will men go extinct?

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 6:00 AM ET

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Blogging the Human Genome

How genetics—and a very dirty diaper—nearly killed off Darwinism.

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Monday, July 9, 2012, at 6:00 AM ET

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Blogging the Human Genome

Groucho, smurf, faint sausage, and other ridiculous gene names.

Sam Kean | CHROMOSOMES | Monday, July 9, 2012, at 5:45 AM ET

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The Inventor in Hollywood

Richard Rhodes explores Hedy Lamarr’s other career.

Sam Kean | BOOKS | Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at 7:14 AM ET

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Where Did Those Naked Ladies Come From?

How the Chinese edition of my book about the periodic table got such a risqué cover.

Sam Kean | CULTUREBOX | Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, at 10:03 AM ET

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Blogging the Periodic Table

Sam Kean | ELEMENTS | Friday, June 10, 2011, at 7:18 AM ET

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Blogging the Periodic Table

Sam Kean | ELEMENTS | Monday, June 6, 2011, at 10:06 AM ET

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