Michael Specter
Michael Specter is a staff writer at The New Yorker and an adjunct professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. His audiobook “ Fauci ” came out in 2020.
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a reporter at large ·
Millions of people have sworn off wheat, but there’s little science to support them. Michael Specter investigates.
profiles ·
A Profile of the TV doctor and Columbia University cardiologist Dr. Oz, who rose to fame on Oprah Winfrey’s talk show, and, after the article was published, entered politics as a Republican supporter of Donald Trump. Michael Specter reports.
annals of science ·
Bacteria make us sick. Do they also keep us alive?
annals of science ·
Where will synthetic biology lead us?
a reporter at large ·
An excessive carbon footprint is rapidly becoming the modern equivalent of wearing a scarlet letter, Michael Specter wrote, in 2008.
annals of technology ·
The losing war on junk e-mail.
profiles ·
The business world’s high roller is betting everything on biofuels.
a reporter at large ·
Michael Specter on Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the radical animal-rights organization with a Barnum-like genius for attracting attention.
profiles ·
How did Lance Armstrong manage the greatest comeback in sports history?
profiles ·
From 2002: Michael Specter writes that the man who warned America about AIDS can’t stop fighting hard—and loudly.
a reporter at large ·
A REPORTER AT LARGE about Monsanto and the environmental movement's opposition to genetically-altered crops... Tells about Greenpeace's efforts to…
profiles ·
Michael Specter’s Profile of the eccentric and prolific shoe designer Manolo Blahnik.
profiles ·
PROFILE of Australian ethicist Peter Singer, 53, recently appointed to the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics chair at Princeton... Tells about the case…
a reporter at large ·
A REPORTER AT LARGE about the Icelandic Health Care Database, and biotechnology... Writer tells about Icelandic scientist Kari Stefansson and his genetic …