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David Epstein graduated with degrees in Environmental Science and Astronomy from Columbia University, where he also earned master's degrees in Environmental Science and Journalism. He was part of the research team at Sports Illustrated, where he dedicated himself primarily to the relationship between science and sport – which is at the origin of his first bestseller of The New York Times newspaper, The Sports Gene (from 2013). Currently works at ProPublica, an American non-profit organization that seeks to publicize journalistic research of public interest. He lives in Washington, DC.