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10/21/2026

Is your romantic partner changing your microbiome?

I chatted with Dr. Nicola Segata, a microbiome researcher at the University of Trento in Italy, about how the people we live with ( family members, romantic partners, roommates, etc) influence our microbiome.
Of course I asked him if pets do too!
Perhaps a new question for dating profiles: “So how’s your microbiome? Send pic.” 🤷‍♀️😉😂
Episode in comments!

Russia says it wasn’t plague.That still leaves the minor question of what actually happened.So…what do you think happene...
10/20/2026

Russia says it wasn’t plague.

That still leaves the minor question of what actually happened.

So…what do you think happened at the plague institute?

New on WTF. (Link in comments!)

10/20/2026

In this episode of Public Health is Weird,

Tuberculosis was killing people, spitting in public was perfectly normal, and public health found itself tasked with convincing people to please stop doing that.

TB spreads through the air, but public spitting became one of the behaviors targeted in an effort to control it.

There were laws. There were aggressively creative slogans…
Changing human behavior has always been going extremely well.
Don’t Spit.
😉🤷‍♀️

Like their couple’s therapist told them to go to dinner and work it out.
10/17/2026

Like their couple’s therapist told them to go to dinner and work it out.

We all want to live longer. Are we talking about air purifiers enough?We are, after all, performing the relatively old-f...
10/17/2026

We all want to live longer. Are we talking about air purifiers enough?
We are, after all, performing the relatively old-fashioned activity of breathing.

I spoke with Professor Doug Brugge on Causes or Cures about the evidence on air filtration and brain and cardiovascular health.

We talk about what to look for in an air purifier, how to know whether its appropriately sized for your room, and how to build an effective lower-cost, DIY version since they can be pricey $$$.

He says they're easy to build. I'll try it, Youtube it, and see...and if I can do it, anyone can.

(episode link in comments.)

10/17/2026

Why Smart Underwear?
I assumed it was because dumb underwear gets a lot of people in trouble. ;)
I was wrong though.

Field Research! ;)
10/16/2026

Field Research! ;)

10/16/2026

Elevator is broken again, so I'm carrying my senior dog up the stairs. Hard work. He loves it. Great for my ass, I suppose.

Women were showing up at hospitals with acute kidney injury.They had something unexpected in common.They'd recently had ...
10/14/2026

Women were showing up at hospitals with acute kidney injury.
They had something unexpected in common.
They'd recently had their hair chemically straightened.
And researchers began tracing the cases back to a specific ingredient used in some hair-straightening products.

So how does something you put on your hair potentially end up hurting your kidneys?

I went down that rabbit hole for the latest WTF Health News.
(Link in comments)

10/13/2026

I was hoping they would answer me!

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