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kampourakisk.bsky.social
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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Some great news to share: my research project "How Do Pre-Service Biology Teachers in Switzerland Construe Key Evolution Concepts? An Empirical Study of Conceptualizations" has been approved and will be funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social. A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!

Some great news to share: my research project "How Do Pre-Service Biology Teachers in Switzerland Construe Key Evolution Concepts? An Empirical Study of Conceptualizations" has been approved and will be funded by @snsf-ch.bsky.social. A great opportunity to be able to work on this project!

A must-read! It has been some time since Olby’s biography and I am sure this one will be good.

Misconceptions about DNA Ancestry Testing open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

Just published! "The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism." karger.com/hde/article-...

Just published! "The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism." karger.com/hde/article-...

Great essay, just adding a reference to it. People Are Not Peas BY ELAINE GUEVARA The decades out-of-date genetics curricula taught in most U.S. schools stokes misconceptions about race and human diversity. www.americanscientist.org/article/peop...

When to trust scientific claims open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

We are meeting in Asilomar on the 50th anniversary to discuss the future of biotech and many of the same arguments, differences and even the rhetoric echo the debates that took place in 1975. Fascinating!

When to trust scientific claims open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

New substack essay on trusting science. open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

New substack essay on trusting science. open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

What is wrong with DNA testing for health? A lot … substack.com/@kostaskampo...

What is wrong with DNA testing for health? A lot … substack.com/@kostaskampo...

Everything that you need to know and understanding about DNA and ancestry (and DNA ancestry testing) is here: kampourakis.com/ancestry-rei... This book becomes more and more relevant with the hype of some aDNA studies.

Very cool, and very interesting!!! "The Genomic Code: the genome instantiates a generative model of the organism" by @wiringthebrain.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/genet...

Just received my copy of this fascinating book! The most concise and richest history of eugenics! theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fal...

Proofs corrected, now going to the printer, out in May! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Proofs corrected, now going to the printer, out in May! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

My book 'The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire' is out in the UK 13 March, US 18 March. I encourage US readers to buy 2 extra copies - one for your Congress person, another for your Senator. This will please my bank balance, sure, but might also do some good us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Official UK launch of 'The Decline & Fall of the Human Empire' at Aylsham Town Hall, Norfolk NR11 6EL, Fri 14 March, doors open 6:30pm, adm £5 on the door or in advance from The Book Hive. Inquire within for more details: www.thebookhive.co.uk/event/henry-...

Coming very very soon. Just a few days from now. The latest from @neilshubin.bsky.social ! We all loved Your Inner Fish. This is the story of what it was actually like to collect the fossils...how it feels to be a scientist working in the coldest, most inhospitable places on Earth!

My next book 'Demure Mindfulness The Taylor Swift Way' is out in March. Actually, it's not called 'Demure Mindfulness the Taylor Swift Way', but 'The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire', but 'Demure Mindfulness The Taylor Swift Way' sounds friendlier. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...

To read again and again (by @wiringthebrain.bsky.social ) www.wiringthebrain.com/2025/01/euge...

Just accepted for publication ! “The problems with genetic essentialism, determinism, and reductionism.” karger.com/hde/article-...

Look forward to reading it!!!

A recent essay on the Mendelian genetics in schools issue: substack.com/@kostaskampo...

The complete argument against the teaching of naive Mendelian genetics in schools: kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m... And here is the short version: cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/earl...

Instead of bombarding students with science content knowledge, a better goal for science education would be to help them understand how science operates, and when they can trust scientific claims. Check out the heuristic tool from my new book Trusting Science. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

My new book 'Evolution Evolving. The Developmental Origins of Adaptation and Biodiversity', written with Tobias Uller, Nathalie Feiner, Marc Feldman & Scott Gilbert, is published by @princetonupress.bsky.social For more information see www.evolutionevolving.org #science #evodevo #plasticity

If you haven't read this, I'd humbly suggest now might be a good time to do so. www.penguin.co.uk/books/416252...

Instead of bombarding students with science content knowledge, a better goal for science education would be to help them understand how science operates, and when they can trust scientific claims. Check out the heuristic tool from my new book Trusting Science. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Here is the essence of my next book Trusting Science: a flowchart intended to guide laypeople make decisions about whether or not to trust particular scientific claims. It stems of an analysis of historical controversies. More, in the book. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Here is the essence of my next book Trusting Science: a flowchart intended to guide laypeople make decisions about whether or not to trust particular scientific claims. It stems of an analysis of historical controversies. More, in the book. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Proofs read and corrected! Check out the diagram at the end of the book: a decision tree about when to trust scientific claims. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Proofs read and corrected! Check out the diagram at the end of the book: a decision tree about when to trust scientific claims. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Terrific to see our new book reviewed in Nature "It’s rare that researchers question theories that make up the backbone of whole fields... This shift in thinking — which amounts to a new way of unifying the life sciences — is long overdue" Eva Jablonka Read the review: shorturl.at/YuHcP #science

Glad to see my edited book between those by two giants of the history of evolutionary thought: Peter Bowler, and the late Michael Ruse. I have been reading their work for years, before I ever thought that I could ever edit a book with both of them as contributors (the one you see here).

Delighted and honored by these endorsements for my new book Trusting Science. Now reading the proofs! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

A nice review of my most under-appreciated book! Anyone here who has read the book? coopersquarereview.org/review/movin...

I can believe this, and not just 'cos it's Henry. At a recent workshop I found myself in the lucky position of getting a personal tutorial on this stuff from Karen, and it was amazing.

New substack post! Missing the point about the teaching of Mendelian genetics in schools? substack.com/home/post/p-...

Delighted and honored by these endorsements for my new book Trusting Science. Now reading the proofs! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

"Obsessed with Mendel? Why scientists should think about society more" substack.com/home/post/p-...

"Obsessed with Mendel? Why scientists should think about society more" substack.com/home/post/p-...