I have become quite fascinated with the whole area of microbiome research. There are so many different kinds of microbiomes and with today’s modern techniques, we can rapidly identify almost all the microorganisms in any defined niche we choose to look at.

I still remember when I was getting my…

Every day on Medium there are at least a dozen articles with a title similar to this one! And then there’s a subheading with X number of things you can do to “make it so, #1”.

Or there’s a bunch of reasons listing why you have failed and shouldn’t be…

Elephants are one of those animals we all love!

If you’re like me, probably the only contact you’ve had with elephants is seeing them on TV or feeding them peanuts in your local zoo. Or seeing them in a passing circus. That’s what I did when I was a kid!

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When was the last time you gave even the slightest thought to all the microorganisms that normally live on or inside your body?! It’s not something I start my day with!

This is not a topic we generally think about or talk about in conversations with our friends or family…

Investigating gut microbiomes is all the rage these days, and for good reasons.

Finding out what organisms we have in our gut microbiome can tell us a lot about our health. And with a few simple strategies, we can promote the ones that help us become even more healthy.

In…

I love it when I come across a book that sensitively and intelligently unpacks an important biological topic.

And seaweeds are just such a topic.

“What?” I can hear you saying. “Why would I care about seaweed?!”

“When I go to the beach I often have to wade through the…