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Urban Molecule observes developing trends in society, science and technology to better understand the emerging posthuman condition. Urban Molecule is New York City-based writer Christopher de la Torre.

Christopher obtained bachelor’s degrees in English and biology from Eastern Connecticut State University. Following Celera Genomics’ sequencing of the human genome, he worked as a scientist for a genomics research and development company based at Yale University. As senior editor in Washington, D.C., Christopher managed the contributions of health professionals and academics to compile Compass—a multimedia college resource that promotes healthy living, later named ‘model program’ by the U.S. Department of Education. For several years, he managed e-communications for a national civil rights law firm in Manhattan.

Christopher writes for various online and print outlets, and his photography has appeared in Vogue and other publications. His graduate research at George Mason University explores new collaborative models of communication for science communities. Because the posthuman identity is fragmented, the style and tone of this blog may differ from one post to another, from technical to AP style, from casual scribbles to poetic *bliss* to just. plain. ghastly.

“I remember the first time I extracted DNA. My spiritual experience came from seeing, with my own eyes, the product of my labor: strands of naked DNA swimming in a clear cocktail. It was then that I realized we know relatively nothing of our existence. That was my experience with God.”  READ MORE

Balance 12 proposes a plethora of ambient sounds with haunting riffs that shift like liquid between pulsating, undulating rhythmic bliss. We shouldn’t be surprised. Lee Burridge thrives on diversity. READ MORE

There is something to be said about revolutions. One might say the angst in Manhattan’s West Village that year had been percolating for some time. The massive wave of riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 may have inadvertently set the clock for our own initiation into organized chaos. Widespread unrest in Europe and the Middle East and a senseless war raging in Southeast Asia aggravated the situation further. The summer air was ripe for rebellion.
Experience the 10-part commemorative series "40 Years After Stonewall."

"Havana Airport, 1968" courtesy Ellen Shumsky

Christopher's graduate research at George Mason University explores new collaborative models of communication for science communities. LEARN MORE

Coffee dates back to the ninth century, to what is now the Near East. 1,000 years later, this café wallflower explores coffee culture in the greatest city on Earth.
SIP ON THIS

Christopher chats up his self-produced urban art series with radio host Toni Quest. (2008)
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The story, a gripping narrative about the survival of a species teetering on the edge of self- annihilation, relentlessly carves through the human equation to reveal one man’s ultimate, unwavering love for his offspring. READ MORE

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