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Erika Check Hayden

Erika is a journalist and educator in San Francisco. Her work has taken her to wild and beautiful places, but focuses most of the time on the inner terrain of the human body. Likes: human biology, chunky animals, backyard produce. Dislikes: reticent sources, pulpy orange juice, white chocolate. I live at www.erikacheck.com and tweet at twitter.com/Erika_Check.

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Human Genome at Ten: Life is Complicated

Chemistry: Designer Debacle

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