Eat Shit and Prosper

Symbiosis as a Business Model

The economics of cures

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August 2025

On the Origin of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

An original hypothesis

Aug 18 • 

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July 2025

The Sun

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

Jul 6 • 

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June 2025

The Schizophrenia Gene

It's not nearly as complicated as we thought.

Jun 25 • 

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A Strange and Wonderful Beast, Pt. II

In Which We Hunt the Jabberwock

Jun 17 • 

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A Strange and Wonderful Beast, Pt. I

An informal report on the isolation and characterization of *Candidatus Astrobacillus crystallinus,* (gen. nov, sp. nov.) a cholesterol-reducing…

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

Announcing: Constellation Bio

A long time coming.

May 6 • 

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February 2025

Vitamin Q

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

Feb 22 • 

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February 2024

Gut Bacteria on Steroids

Hormones are a hot-button topic.

Feb 11, 2024 • 

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January 2024

The Final Word on Washing Chicken

Let's settle this once and for all.

Jan 28, 2024 • 

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December 2023

The Time I Accidentally Destroyed My Armpit Microbiome

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

Dec 10, 2023 • 

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November 2023

Bacterial Xanax

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

Nov 19, 2023 • 

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