David Merritt Johns is a doctoral student with the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

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The Original Mayonnaise Controversy: Is It French or Spanish?

David Merritt Johns

Dec 27, 2013 1:06 PM
Why Do Jews Hate Mayonnaise?

David Merritt Johns

Dec 27, 2013 11:34 AM
Are Pigeons Getting Fatter?

David Merritt Johns

April 17, 2012 8:10 PM
Should Prison Inmates Have the Right to Masturbate?

David Merritt Johns

Jan 10, 2012 6:59 AM
Bedbugs Aren’t as Contagious as You Think

David Merritt Johns and Amy L. Fairchild

Oct 06, 2011 7:16 AM
Social contagions debunked: Reports of infectious obesity and divorce were grossly overstated.

David Merritt Johns

July 04, 2011 5:18 PM
The great Carmelo debate: Do basketball advanced-box-score stats really work?

David Merritt Johns

March 07, 2011 6:53 PM
Do real men like to cuddle?

David Merritt Johns

Dec 07, 2010 6:57 AM
Doubts About the Social Plague Stir in the Human Superorganism

David Merritt Johns

April 07, 2010 9:13 PM
Has a Plague of Social Illness Struck Mankind?

David Merritt Johns

April 07, 2010 3:43 PM
Can you tell if a man is dangerous just by looking at his face?

David Merritt Johns

Oct 14, 2009 10:36 AM
Forensic chemists examined my odorprint. Here’s what they smelled.

David Merritt Johns

March 25, 2009 3:20 PM
Honk if you know why you’re honking.

David Merritt Johns

Nov 24, 2008 7:49 PM