New Project: The Life of Pants
Do clothes contribute to body odor? Let’s be real: I have body odor, you have body odor, we all have body odor. Most of us [...]
Quiz Time!
Everyone loves a good quiz – even the Buzzfeed variety, you know the kind that you see on Facebook ALL. THE. TIME. The kind of [...]
Delayed Gratification, Citizen Science and Why You Might Not Have Received an Email about Your Sample Yet
But, If You Are So Willing, You'll Receive Emails and Updates for the Next 10 Years. Also, Did I Tell You about the Cats? I [...]
How to turn any dataset into a glowing worm
A few decades ago gene expression, the process by which the code books of genes are turned into proteins, was invisible. It happened in every [...]
Exciting opportunity in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at NC Museum of Natural Sciences
As many of you know, we partner with the awesome folks in the Genomics and Microbiology Lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences on [...]
Plating Pit Microbes
Over the last few days, we’ve shared updates and observations from #PitStart, a pilot study examining the effects of deodorants and antiperspirants on armpit microbes, [...]
Diary of a PitStarter
**Today’s post features observations from a brave volunteer in the armpit pilot study (aka #PitStart), David de Souza.** When I heard that the scientists in [...]
We’ve Got the Funk
**Today's post is written by Liz Baird, enthusiastic PitStart participant and Director of Education for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.** I have the [...]
Not All Pits Are Equal
Yesterday, Dr. Julie Horvath introduced you to our Armpit Microbe Pilot Study, known as #PitStart to those of you following along in real time on [...]
It’s the Pits
**Today we have a guest post from Dr. Julie Horvath, Director of the Genomics & Microbiology Research Laboratory in the Nature Research Center, the new [...]
Intern Diaries: Studying armpits in a fish bowl
*Today we have a guest post from yet another awesome undergraduate working with Your Wild Life team – Megan Ehlers has been spending her summer [...]