“Here’s something to stop and consider: You are mostly not you.
Ninety percent of the cells in your body don’t have your DNA. They weren’t in you when you were in the womb. Instead, they belong to trillions of tiny bacteria and other microbes that live in your stomach, your mouth and on your skin, among other places. Collectively, they make up between five and ten pounds of your body weight, a vast and teeming crew known as the microbiome.”
Learn more about the latest research at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco in our latest KQED Science radio story. You can listen online or read the story, and be sure to check out a gallery of common microbes found in the human body.
“Nanotechnology engineers from Princeton have 3-D printed an ear from calf cells and silver nanoparticles that picks up radio signals at frequencies beyond human capacity. The creation is part of their greater plan to one day build spare parts for human cyborgs.”
“When people think of air pollution, they usually picture a factory spewing a plume of toxic chemicals into the air. But indoor air pollution causes significant health effects such as respiratory illness, asthma attacks, cancer and premature death…Fine particulates are found indoors mainly due to cooking, burning candles or incense, tobacco smoke, and outdoor sources that leak inside. These fine particulates cause significant health problems – stroke, heart disease, chronic bronchitis and premature death.”
