The Microbiome of the Ocean & Beaches Microbes are everywhere…including in the ocean and freshwater lakes. As summer heats up and we head to the beach, we enter these unique microbial ecosystems. What are these microbes doing,...
How the Microbiome Affects Longevity Every living thing ages, grows old, and dies. And yet, as humans, we resist aging. The anti-aging industry is growing at record rates, and some estimates suggest that the US...
Ode to Furry Friends Pet lovers unite! Do you have an extra lint-roller to get the animal hair off your black pants? Got a ball or two wedged under the couch? Is your cat...
The Birds, The Bees… and The Microbes Intimate partners share microbes. While it’s (hopefully) not at the front of our minds when we’re having sex, both the penis and the vagina have a microbiome of their own....
Chocolate + Probiotics Probiotics have started showing up in chocolate. You may wonder whether probiotics in chocolate are a ploy designed to get us to eat more chocolate or more probiotics or both,...
Therapeutic Microbes and Their Metabolites The popularity of probiotics has led to a whole new class of microbiome-related supplements including therapeutic microbes, the nutrients that feed them, and the metabolites they produce.