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Mark MacNamara

Mark MacNamara, a writer and journalist based in Asheville, North Carolina, has written for such publications as Nautilus, Salon, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, and Vanity Fair.

The Bittersweet Science

Boxing is reputed to fight Parkinson’s Disease. I put on the gloves to find out.

December 8, 2023

Why People Feel Like Victims

Getting to the core of today’s social acrimony.

May 5, 2021

I Am a Heroin User. I Do Not Have a Drug Problem

Carl Hart says drug addiction is often distorted by scientists and the media.

February 17, 2021

How Psilocybin Can Save the Environment

To preserve nature, we need to open our minds to it.

September 30, 2020

T. Rex Was a Slacker

A natural wonder of the big theropod was how it conserved energy.

June 17, 2020

The Unintended Beauty of Starlings

Those wondrous, undulating flocks are stirred by predators.

March 4, 2020

We Need to Talk About Peat

Earth’s great storehouses of carbon are looking ominous.

November 6, 2019

The Artist of the Unbreakable Code

Composer Edward Elgar still has cryptographers playing his tune.

October 2, 2014

The Artist of the Unbreakable Code

Composer Edward Elgar still has cryptographers playing his tune.

October 10, 2013