Warning! This episode is all about the fascinating and gross world of doo doo.
In this episode, we ask: Why do some foods taste better to adults than kids?
We tackle your questions about the gas we all pass in this episode.
In this episode, we take a closer look (no smells, thank you) at the wondrous world of animal flatulence.
Who will be the first to diversify their gut microbiome and win?
Defend against bad microbes while protecting the good ones in this Minecraft map of the human body.
Test your knowledge about the microbes that live in and on us in this 10-question quiz!
Get some mud and a few other ingredients to build an entire ecosystem for bacteria.
This week, we dig in deep to the science of detox and turn ourselves into guinea pigs for a juicing experiment.
Look, everybody does it, so today we’re going to tackle one of the areas kids seem to find fascinating: why and how we poop!
Dr. Poop sits down with Alie to talk turds and how she uses poo to determine the health and stress of wild and captive animals, plus: poop vs. poo, why some animals poop pellets, muck middens, taking glitter pills, why the Bristol Stool Scale is “the best thing in the universe,” and why the Lincoln Park Zoo has 17 freezers full of dookie.
Microbiologist Dr. Elaine Hsiao is a total badass who runs her own lab investigating the role of the gut biome in animal behaviors. She sat down to chat about anxiety, depression, elusive fecal transplants, autism, epilepsy, kombucha promises, autoimmune disorders, probiotics and more.
