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Did you know parasitic gut worms may help prevent you from developing allergies? Or that the fluid excreted from maggots might actually be helpful in keeping your wounds clean? Were you aware that an...
View ArticleThere Are Only 3 Kinds of People, According to Gut Bacteria
There are many ethnicities of man, but according to microbes, there are only three kinds of people: Our gut contains trillions of bacteria, known collectively as the microbiome. Their cells outnumber...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Monty Hall Problem
The Monty Hall problem is a logic puzzle named for the American gameshow host of Let’s Make a Deal. It’s one of my favorite such problems, because it’s an example of math completely contradicting my...
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