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David Epstein

David Epstein covered science and medicine issues as well as sports science. Prior to joining ProPublica, he was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated.

David Epstein covered science, medicine, sports, and frequently all three of those in the same project. (When a woman with muscular dystrophy and an Olympic medalist sprinter have the same mutant gene, heâs there.) Prior to joining ProPublica, Epstein was a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, where he co-authored the 2009 report that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez had used steroids. He has also written about drugs-but-not-sports, detailing the DEA's complicated pursuit of Chapo Guzman's rivals. His science writing has won a number of awards, and he is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Sports Gene. David was a crime reporter at the New York Daily News, and the first reporter at Inside Higher Ed. He has masterâs degrees in environmental science and journalism from Columbia University, and has lived in the Sonoran desert, on a ship in the Pacific Ocean, and in the Arctic.

SRSLY: BoJo, The #Brexit Bro

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SRSLY: I Am Humanoid, I Ask You Money

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SRSLY: Everyone Has an Opinion, and Not Much Else...

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SRSLY: Do As I Sell, Not As I Do

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SRSLY: Whatever the Opposite of Art for Art’s Sake Is

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SRSLY: Like ‘Minority Report,’ But Without Tom Cruise or Accuracy

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SRSLY: OMG DNA FUBAR

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SRSLY: Excitedly Delirious: Sounds Great If It Didn’t Mean You’re Dead

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How Milwaukee Landlords Figured Out How to Collect Rent and Not Pay Taxes

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SRSLY: What the DEA Doesn’t Know Exists Can Definitely Kill You

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