Kostas Kampourakis

@kampourakisk.bsky.social

2K followers 160 following 320 posts

Author and editor of books intended to help non-experts understand science. Interested in anything about evolution, development, heredity and nature of science.

Videos

Philosophy 29%

Biology 23%

Posts Replies Media Videos

Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 2d

I strongly recommend this book by @ent3c.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/u...

Understanding the Nature‒Nurture Debate

Cambridge Core - Genetics - Understanding the Nature‒Nurture Debate

www.cambridge.org

Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 17d

Congratulations!!!

Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · 18d

You may then be interested in this book : kampourakis.com/how-we-get-m...

How we Get Mendel Wrong, and Why it Matters | Kostas Kampourakis

kampourakis.com

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis

Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 23d

I wrote an Opinion piece for @thelancet.com about James Watson. It's not an obituary - Georgina Ferry did that for them - but offers some thoughts on the problematic aspects of Watson's history.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

James D Watson: a cautionary tale

There was always going to be a complex reckoning in the obituaries of James D Watson (1928–2025), the American geneticist who co-discovered the structure of DNA. For many years, Watson was one of the ...

www.thelancet.com

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis

Henry Gee @endofthepier.bsky.social · 24d

THE WONDER OF LIFE ON EARTH will be published in the UK on 5 Feb 2026. Editions are projected in German, Danish, Chinese, Korean, Bulgarian and Spanish (for Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay & Peru). www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis

Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Nov 26

Here's a clip from my chat yesterday with @erictopol.bsky.social – this is about Crick's first encounter with the psychedelic poetry of Michael McClure, in 1959. For the full chat (it lasts an hour - you could just listen) go here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns2c...

Reposted by Eric J. Topol, Kostas Kampourakis

Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · Nov 25

Now live, and thanks to @erictopol.bsky.social for organising this!

Matthew Cobb (@matthewcobb2)

This was a terrific discussion with Eric about my new biography of Francis Crick.

substack.com

Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · Nov 25

When to trust scientific claims (RFKj's ones included)

substack.com/@kostaskampo...

When to trust scientific claims

This is what we should be teaching in schools!

substack.com

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis

Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · Nov 24

In the summer (you can tell by the shirt) I had a fabulous conversation about embryology and stem cells with @nmoris.bsky.social at the Crick Institute. Here's the first part of it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WB0...

The Creativity of Life: A Conversation with Naomi Moris, Part 1

YouTube video by Marginalia Review of Books

www.youtube.com

Kostas Kampourakis @kampourakisk.bsky.social · Nov 23

Is the claim “vaccines do not cause autism” an evidence-based claim?
Absence of evidence vs. evidence of absence

open.substack.com/pub/kostaska...

Is the claim “vaccines do not cause autism” an evidence-based claim?

Absence of evidence vs. evidence of absence

open.substack.com

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis

Reposted by Kostas Kampourakis, Catherine J. Frieman, Alan McNally

Pontus Skoglund @pontus-skoglund.bsky.social · Nov 14

As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.

More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...