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A Massive Microbiome Paper Just Got Retracted
A Massive Microbiome Paper Just Got Retracted
Can unique bacterial signatures help predict if you have cancerous tumors? Maybe not.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jul 15
The Impact of Yellowstone’s Wolves May Be Overrated
The Impact of Yellowstone’s Wolves May Be Overrated
They probably didn’t change the path of the river.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jul 1
Do Cuts Heal Faster When Covered?
Do Cuts Heal Faster When Covered?
The advice has changed over the years.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jun 27
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Test For Prions
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Test For Prions
Mad cow disease is incurable and difficult to detect.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jun 24
Can Drinking Rain Water Make You Sick?
Can Drinking Rain Water Make You Sick?
Despite childhood myths, it’s not sterile at all
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jun 20
Musings on Buffalo Fish, and Other Uses of “Buffalo”
Musings on Buffalo Fish, and Other Uses of “Buffalo”
The fish named by an eccentric French genius, and (probably) unrelated to the town, or the big cow
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jun 13
For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus
For Millions of Years, Earth Was Dominated by a Single Vertebrate Genus
It’s not humans. How the lone survivor of a super-extinction repopulated our planet
Sam Westreich, PhD
Jun 6
I’m Still Drinking Diet Coke
I’m Still Drinking Diet Coke
Putting the fear of artificial sweeteners into much-needed context.
Sam Westreich, PhD
May 20
The Truth Behind the Myth of Boiling Frogs
The Truth Behind the Myth of Boiling Frogs
Sometimes we’ll put up with anything. Sometimes it takes brain damage.
Sam Westreich, PhD
May 6
Parachute Science — A Dirty Dark Side of Research
Parachute Science — A Dirty Dark Side of Research
Colonialism has never fully gone away.
Sam Westreich, PhD
Apr 25
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