Category: Stylistic Fun: Channeling the Voices of the Greats
Here, I dabble in science writing by borrowing the voices of authors I admire. But I won’t be spilling the secret sauce—you’ll have to play literary detective and guess my muses.
Oh, and it occurred to me that doing so is a bit like actors mimicking other actors.
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Letters to RFK, Jr.—In the Voices of Greats
Famous Atheist Dear Mr. Kennedy, Let us dispense with pleasantries and confront the matter at hand: vaccines, those triumphs of human reason, stand accused in your court of causing autism.…
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The Genetic Crucible of Ashkenazi Ancestry: A Medieval Tale Unearthed
In the shadowed corridors of the 10th century, where the Rhineland’s riverine arteries wove through the patchwork fiefdoms of the Holy Roman Empire, a modest band of Jewish settlers laid…
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Tooth Tales and Bottleneck Bombshells: The Medieval DNA That Shaped Ashkenazi Jews
Gather ‘round, you DNA nerds and history buffs, because we’re about to unpack some medieval Jewish gene gossip that’s sizzlier than a latke fresh off the skillet. Way back in…