Kostas Kampourakis

@kampourakisk.bsky.social

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Author and editor of books intended to help non-experts understand science. Interested in anything about evolution, development, heredity and nature of science.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 7h

Here's a clip from my chat yesterday with @erictopol.bsky.social – this is about Crick's first encounter with the psychedelic poetry of Michael McClure, in 1959. For the full chat (it lasts an hour - you could just listen) go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2c...

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 22h

Now live, and thanks to @erictopol.bsky.social for organising this!

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This was a terrific discussion with Eric about my new biography of Francis Crick.

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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 1d

When to trust scientific claims (RFKj's ones included)

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When to trust scientific claims

This is what we should be teaching in schools!

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 2d

In the summer (you can tell by the shirt) I had a fabulous conversation about embryology and stem cells with @nmoris.bsky.social at the Crick Institute. Here's the first part of it.
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The Creativity of Life: A Conversation with Naomi Moris, Part 1

YouTube video by Marginalia Review of Books

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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 3d

Is the claim “vaccines do not cause autism” an evidence-based claim?
Absence of evidence vs. evidence of absence

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Is the claim “vaccines do not cause autism” an evidence-based claim?

Absence of evidence vs. evidence of absence

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Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · 11d

As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.

More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...

Researchers say they have verified and sequenced Hitler’s DNA – and found a genetic disorder | CNN

Analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA reveals he may have had a rare genetic disorder that can delay puberty.

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 12d

A thoughtful review of CRICK - “vivid and authoritative” - in @nytimes.com.

The Building Blocks of Life Were Just the Beginning

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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 12d

Is having an Irish parent the same with having Irish DNA?

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Is having an Irish parent the same with having Irish DNA?

NO!!!! Establishing paternity through DNA does not entail anything about one's ethnicity

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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 12d

A nice coincidence! The Greek and the Turkish edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined are being published a few weeks apart. I hope the message is clear: we are all family, there are no pure ethnicities! Geographic neighbors are also close relatives, in relative terms.
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Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 16d

A nice evening last Monday at the CUP.gr bookstore in Athens, about the Greek edition of my book Ancestry Reimagined

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Lior Pachter @lpachter.bsky.social · 17d

I wrote a review of James Watson's obituary by CSHL: liorpachter.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/r...

Review of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Obituary for Dr. James Watson

James Watson, who described himself as “not a racist in a conventional way”, has died at the age of 97. Below is a review of an obituary for Dr. James Watson published by Cold Spring Ha…

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 18d

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.