Archive - Eat Shit and Prosper

A Response to Astral Codex Ten's "Contra Skolnick on Schizophrenia Microbes"

Jul 6 •

Stephen Skolnick

June 2025

May 2025

Announcing: Constellation Bio

A long time coming.

May 6 •

Stephen Skolnick

February 2025

or: Why You Literally Can't be Happy Without Bacteria

Feb 22 •

Stephen Skolnick

February 2024

Gut Bacteria on Steroids

Hormones are a hot-button topic.

Feb 11, 2024 •

Stephen Skolnick

January 2024

The Final Word on Washing Chicken

Let's settle this once and for all.

Jan 28, 2024 •

Stephen Skolnick

December 2023

The Time I Accidentally Destroyed My Armpit Microbiome

Sort of an origin story, come to think of it.

Dec 10, 2023 •

Stephen Skolnick

November 2023

Bacterial Xanax

A medical mystery from the 1980s that might hold the secret to anxiety disorders

Nov 19, 2023 •

Stephen Skolnick

October 2023

The big bug that might let you live to 120.

Oct 6, 2023

August 2023

The Thousand Secret Ways the Food is Poison: #3 - Phthalates

The Name of a Modern Demon

Aug 27, 2023 •

Stephen Skolnick

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