Michael Specter

Partial Recall

Michael Specter on Daniela Schiller, a neuroscientist researching the connection between memory and fear, in an attempt to rewrite traumatic memories.

The Doomsday Strain

Can Nathan Wolfe thwart the next AIDS before it spreads?

Darwin's Surprise

“Darwin’s Surprise” by Michael Specter was published in the print edition of the December 3, 2007, issue of The New Yorker.

The Mosquito Solution

The Deadliest Virus

Nature's Bioterrorist

Michael Specter is author of Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives, published November 2009. He's a staff writer for The New Yorker.

The Power of Nothing