Archive - Eat Shit and Prosper

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

July 2023

June 2023

On the Origins of Type 1 Diabetes

An original hypothesis

Jun 30, 2023 •

Stephen Skolnick

May 2023

April 2023

Science Could Use More Magical Thinking

The first person to put feathers on their arrows couldn't have really known what they were doing. It didn't matter.

Apr 28, 2023 •

Stephen Skolnick

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