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About a year and a half ago I learned that the epicenter of citizen microbiome science is just a half-hour away from my house. So, naturally, I wanted to give them my poo.* And my dog's, too. (The results of the quest are detailed in a four-part series on NPR's Shots blog) More specifically, I wanted to …
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"Don't lick the bathroom floor." It's good advice. Especially when coming from an environmental microbiologist who has spent months studying public bathrooms. I got to cover the resulting icky research for NPR. But it's not all bad, say the researchers. They found that the microbes on different bathroom surfaces were, of course, largely influenced by …
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