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I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There is an inward fermentation, and there must be a vent.

Biohacking could literally change the world as we know it.

It has been recognized since the dawn of microbiology that the soil is inhabited by a living microscopic population which is responsible for the numerous reactions that take place in the soil and that affect the life and economy of man in many ways.

The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.

Styrofoam and plastic milk jugs are biodegradable! Do you know what isn't biodegradable? Paper!

If you look at the ecological circuitry of this planet, the ways in which materials like carbon or sulfur or phosphorous or nitrogen get cycled in ways that makes them available for our biology, the organisms that do the heavy lifting are bacteria.

The place where we were operating was not fit to be called an operating room. Aseptic work had not been done in it for some years. The floor could not be scrubbed properly, or the water would go through on the laboratories below.

Every time someone uses a bathroom and they flush, all the bacteria is shot into the air.

Organisms sip energy, because they have to work or barter for every single bit that they get.

Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.