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Sam Kean
Sam Kean is the author of The Disappearing Spoon and The Violinist's Thumb.
Articles By Sam Kean
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Blogging the Human Genome
According to his published DNA sequence, James Watson should be blind, deaf, and have a tiny head. Why doesn’t he?
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Blogging the Human Genome
Did Lincoln have Marfan syndrome? Did Darwin have smoldering hepatitis? The strange allure of retro-diagnosis.
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Blogging the Human Genome
How yam farming contributed to the rise of sickle-cell anemia.
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Blogging the Human Genome
Chim-chim-cheroo. Why so many London chimney sweeps suffered scrotal cancer.
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Blogging the Human Genome
The chromosomal evidence that mankind nearly went extinct.
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Blogging the Human Genome
Humans have long enjoyed nonhuman lovers—the proof is in our DNA.
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Blogging the Human Genome
Possible genetic proof that cannibalism was disturbingly common in our past.
