When Harvard geneticist George Church sat down for a casual interview with a German magazine, he wasn't trying to send out the message, "Mad Scientist Seeks Lady To Give Birth To Neanderthal Monster."
Today in books: National Novel Writing Month improved its production by 274 million words this year, a new comic book price record, and the case for science fiction thinking small.
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Critic argues that the genre can't shake its use of offensive stereotypes
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