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Claudia Dreifus

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Sergiu Paşca in his lab at Stanford University, in front of a rack of equipment.
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Human Brains Are Hard to Study. He Grows Useful Substitutes.

By Claudia Dreifus
October 12, 2022
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With stem cell technology and lab-grown brain organoids, Sergiu Paşca seeks the causes of autism and other neuropsychiatric conditions.

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A Prodigy Who Cracked Open the Cosmos

By Claudia Dreifus
January 12, 2021
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Frank Wilczek has been at the forefront of theoretical physics for the past 50 years. He talks about winning the Nobel Prize for work he did as a student, his solution to the dark matter problem, and the God of a scientist.

Portrait photo of Catherine Dulac of Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Catherine Dulac Finds Brain Circuitry Behind Sex-Specific Behaviors

By Claudia Dreifus
December 14, 2020
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Catherine Dulac is overturning preconceptions about “male” and “female” instincts and opening new avenues to treating postpartum depression.

Photo of James P. Allison sitting at his desk at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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The Contrarian Who Cures Cancers

By Claudia Dreifus
February 3, 2020
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James P. Allison believed that unleashing the immune system was a way to beat cancer when almost no one else did. A Nobel Prize and a growing list of cancer survivors vindicate him.

Art for "In Ecology Studies and Selfless Ants, He Finds Hope for the Future"
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In Ecology Studies and Selfless Ants, He Finds Hope for the Future

By Claudia Dreifus
May 15, 2019
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For more than six decades, the influential biologist Edward O. Wilson has drawn connections between evolution, ecology and behavior, often sparking controversies inside and outside of science.

Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, at his home in Cambridge, England.
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On the Best Use of Science to Safeguard Humanity

By Claudia Dreifus
December 5, 2018
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For 50 years, the astrophysicist Martin Rees has contributed to our understanding of cosmology. Now he is speaking up about the promise and potential dangers of the science and technology that will arrive over the next 50 years and beyond.

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Claudia Dreifus is a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New York Review of Books. She also teaches one of the first ever courses on science journalism for scientists at Columbia University's Earth Institute.
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