A prominent scientist once asked me what I thought made for a good story. I listed a bunch of things--significant, interesting, new info, conflict, characters, narrative, surprise. He said I was missing a key thing that drove scientists: curiosity. Here's to that: www.science.org/content/arti...

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In awe of these students and absolutely ashamed of the country that would make this necessary.

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In MGI 301 at Michigan State, students spend less class time listening to lectures and more time doing the work of scientists: analyzing data, evaluating evidence, and solving problems together. See how this approach is shaping future scientists and educators. mgi.natsci.msu.edu/news-and-eve...

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Yes, but antibiotics require a collaborative immune system to eliminate an infection, which wouldn’t happen. Plus resistance evolution…

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Glad to share this new Microbial Primer on Mirror Biology written w/ Jolien Sweere. It's free to all in the @microbiologysociety.org journal Microbiology, edited by Steve Diggle. Thanks for this opportunity to outline our scientific knowledge of this significant topic. doi.org/10.1099/mic....

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