Virginia Hughes

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I am a journalist based in Brooklyn, New York. I’ll write about anything, but most of my stories involve genes, brains, or biotech, sometimes all at once. These are my latest.

How Damaged Are NFL Players’ Brains?

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Drug Linked to Mitochondria Treats Mouse Model of Autism

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Why Does Music Feel So Good?

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Gut Reactions

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Why I Keep Harping on the Dynamic Genome

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Study Clarifies Link Between 15q Duplication and Autism

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Supporting the Support Cells in Lou Gehrig’s Disease

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The Womb’s Strange Epigenome

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Only Human

My blog, part of National Geographic Magazine's Phenomena network, explores all things people: our genes, minds, behaviors, and cultures.

RSS Latest posts on Only Human

  • Could DNA Databases Curb Human Trafficking?
  • What You Do Is Who You Are
  • A Motivational Post for Exercise Procrastinators
  • The Jumping Gene: Friend or Foe?
  • Say What You Feel

Exciting Things

WinnerBadgeSmall Re-Awakenings, a story about a strange sleeping sickness published on The Last Word on Nothing, was deemed best post of 2012 by Science Seeker.
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