Nathaniel Comfort
@nccomfort.bsky.social
Historian of science & medicine and writer @ Johns Hopkins & Berkeley. Biography of James Watson coming soonish from Basic Books. Also rock climbing, roots music, tattoos, dogs, humor. My opinions are his –>
Man, I would be up for an anti-raid raid. #nokings #noterrorists
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Man, I would be up for an anti-raid raid. #nokings #noterrorists
I am. Let’s get drinks!
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I am. Let’s get drinks!
Did you? I’d like to hear about that. Do you have my email?
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Did you? I’d like to hear about that. Do you have my email?
Yes! What a beauty!
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Yes! What a beauty!
Lol!
ICYI, here's my 2012 review of Davenport's Dream (CSHL Press). I mention Ridley's Foreword near the end.
ICYI, here's my 2012 review of Davenport's Dream (CSHL Press). I mention Ridley's Foreword near the end.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Lol!
ICYI, here's my 2012 review of Davenport's Dream (CSHL Press). I mention Ridley's Foreword near the end.
ICYI, here's my 2012 review of Davenport's Dream (CSHL Press). I mention Ridley's Foreword near the end.
It's about as hot as my takes get lol
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's about as hot as my takes get lol
Ooh, spicy! Can’t wait
November 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Ooh, spicy! Can’t wait
Yup, MFR.
Kinda explains a lot, no?
Kinda explains a lot, no?
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yup, MFR.
Kinda explains a lot, no?
Kinda explains a lot, no?
Reposted by Nathaniel Comfort
That he never did the reading is a feature of Sharon Begley’s obituary too.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
That he never did the reading is a feature of Sharon Begley’s obituary too.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
Thanks, that means a lot. I do try to do both!
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Thanks, that means a lot. I do try to do both!
Tell me about it. I've slept with more Nobelists than most ppl have met!
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Tell me about it. I've slept with more Nobelists than most ppl have met!
Appreciate you. Not that I know of. Maddox (2002) remains the definitive Franklin. Unless you count the forthcoming opera.
Manhattan Project, double helix, & Nobel Prize notwithstanding, Wilkins still manages to be petty, bitter, and magisterially boring.
Manhattan Project, double helix, & Nobel Prize notwithstanding, Wilkins still manages to be petty, bitter, and magisterially boring.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Appreciate you. Not that I know of. Maddox (2002) remains the definitive Franklin. Unless you count the forthcoming opera.
Manhattan Project, double helix, & Nobel Prize notwithstanding, Wilkins still manages to be petty, bitter, and magisterially boring.
Manhattan Project, double helix, & Nobel Prize notwithstanding, Wilkins still manages to be petty, bitter, and magisterially boring.