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Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller on animal-microbe partnerships

London, UK
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Joined January 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    5 Oct 2016

    Sing like no one is listening. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. Read the fucking article.

    23 replies 1,049 retweets 2,239 likes
  2. 1 hour ago

    The actual biggest thing in these exec orders: new enforcement priorities make millions of immigrants "criminals"

    1 reply 50 retweets 29 likes
  3. 1 hour ago

    Trump's 'Voter-Fraud' Investigation Targets States That Opposed Him

    4 replies 45 retweets 31 likes
  4. 3 hours ago

    "one of the few known hypermanipulator­­s—parasites that manipulate the behavior of other manipulative parasites."

    4 replies 36 retweets 77 likes
  5. 6 hours ago

    False claims about voter fraud are not a "distraction." They are the bedrock for the promise of rolling back a fundamental right.

    50 replies 1,305 retweets 1,620 likes
  6. 5 hours ago

    “Trump can’t, with the stroke of a pen, just make the Dakota Access pipeline happen,” says a legal expert.

    7 replies 78 retweets 137 likes
  7. 7 hours ago

    On a lighter note, on a clever parasite that chews its way out of its host’s head.

    2 replies 43 retweets 48 likes
  8. 8 hours ago

    A parasite of parasites: the crypt-keeper wasp, Eudurus set. Fascinating story of evol. & behavioral manipulation.

    1 reply 9 retweets 16 likes
  9. 8 hours ago

    This by is one of my touchstones for thinking about a Trump presidency -- I wish more people read it.

    7 replies 20 retweets 40 likes
  10. Jan 22

    A Few Notes on Gaslighting

    17 replies 366 retweets 575 likes
  11. 7 hours ago

    Kremlin-Sponsored news does really well on Google

    3 replies 12 retweets 7 likes
  12. 8 hours ago

    Of the Trump voters surveyed, 1 in 7 said that the image on the left had more people in it.

    45 replies 346 retweets 285 likes
  13. 20 hours ago

    Facebook group for the Science March on Washington is already lit —>

    6 replies 58 retweets 100 likes
  14. 8 hours ago

    Lifestyle genetics tests are basically expensive horoscopes.

    5 replies 56 retweets 73 likes
  15. 9 hours ago

    Trump is going to use Chicago to test drive a plan to break cities with military force. They're going to try to normalize racist violence.

    135 replies 5,357 retweets 5,307 likes
  16. 9 hours ago

    . is encouraging & helping scientists to get elected. In 2 weeks, 405 people have signed up.

    11 replies 394 retweets 540 likes
  17. 9 hours ago

    Thanks to Trump, more scientists are planning to run for office. And now, they've got help.

    31 replies 1,144 retweets 1,827 likes
  18. 9 hours ago

    THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A METAPHOR.

    6 replies 181 retweets 307 likes
  19. 12 hours ago

    So, so good, right down to the final amazing paragraphs.

    2 replies 102 retweets 231 likes
  20. 12 hours ago

    NEW: Agriculture Department Lifts Clampdown On Its Science Division (!!) via

    6 replies 130 retweets 136 likes
  21. Jan 24

    Science writers need to talk to more ppl who aren't scientists—now more than ever. My first for :

    2 replies 131 retweets 153 likes

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