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Biography

David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning, best-selling author of six books and numerous essays, articles and short stories, and a television, radio and film producer and correspondent. He is the co-host of NPR's Biotech Nation.

Duncan's most recent book is Experimental Man: What one man’s body reveals about his future, your health, and our toxic world (John Wiley). His last book was Masterminds: Genius, DNA and the Quest to Rewrite Life (Harper Perennial). He also wrote the international bestseller Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year (Harper-Collins/Avon), published in 19 languages, and a bestseller in 14 countries.

Duncan is a Contributing Editor to Wired, and Discover, and a science columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition and co-host of BioTech Nation on NPR. He has been a special correspondent and producer for ABC's Nightline and 20/20, and a producer for Discovery Television. He is a correspondent for NOVA's ScienceNow!. He is a regular contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and MIT Technology Review, and was a longtime correspondent for Life.

He also writes for Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post Book World, and The New York Times, among others. He contributes to the Dialogues column for Discover.

15 Programs

When I'm 164: If Anti-Aging Science Succeeds, Then What?

10.10.12 | 01:09:43 min | 1,204 views | 0 comments

Personal Genomics: Hype, Hope, or Both?

10.23.11 | 01:42:35 min | 697 views | 0 comments

Personalized Health Project: Session 4

04.26.11 | 01:56:09 min | 420 views | 0 comments

Personalized Health Project: Session 3

04.26.11 | 02:35:10 min | 589 views | 0 comments

Personalized Health Project: Session 1

04.26.11 | 01:52:19 min | 643 views | 0 comments

David Ewing Duncan: Personal Genomics

07.31.10 | 00:08:36 min | 913 views | 1 comment

David Ewing Duncan's Journey into Personalized Health

05.23.10 | 00:30:25 min | 959 views | 0 comments

My Life As An Experiment: A.J. Jacobs

09.16.09 | 01:04:12 min | 26,511 views | 5 comments

Innovation and Opportunity from Crisis

04.06.09 | 01:05:29 min | 5,036 views | 1 comment

David Ewing Duncan: The Experimental Man

03.25.09 | 00:36:41 min | 5,457 views | 3 comments

Experimental Man: The Truth Behind Medical Testing

03.17.09 | 00:58:27 min | 5,035 views | 1 comment

Creative Disruptions: David Ewing Duncan

07.15.08 | 01:09:57 min | 2,748 views | 0 comments

Jimmy Wales and Andrew Keen Debate Web 2.0

02.28.08 | 01:06:17 min | 17,500 views | 8 comments

David Ewing Duncan

01.09.07 | 01:04:49 min | 1,552 views | 0 comments

Online Personas

11.30.06 | 01:10:45 min | 23,981 views | 6 comments
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