Our individual 'microbiomes' may be key to good health

SiS is proud to feature the winners of the "2014 Driskill Graduate Program in the Life Sciences (DGP) Science and Society Class Distinction Award." Written as part of a course on science and society, these papers were chosen by DGP faculty and SiS staff to be published in HELIX. This month, we present "The 'Gut-Brain Axis' and the Benefits of Bacteria," a feature article by Northwestern MD/PhD student Daniel W. Fisher. READ ARTICLE

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Incredibly, out in our galaxy there are worlds that rotate and experience their own alien day and night. Their clouds meander over rocky terrain. They have atmospheres. They have surfaces. These planets are wild and strange; they may orbit around two or more stars or have lakes made of methane. Yet they retain eerily similar properties to our own Earth.

When it comes to food, there are two types of people in this world: those who EAT TO LIVE and those who LIVE TO EAT. I, unapologetically, belong to the second group.

There’s a delightful, enlightened feeling in breaking through the mindlessness and identifying these features. It’s also intriguing to think about discrepancies in our expectations of the same technology.

Climate change has made the news recently with the announcement that the EPA will require a 30 percent reduction (from 2005 levels) in carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants by 2030.