Microbiome: The Critters Within and Upon Us

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 14, 2016

Are you a "germaphile" or "germaphobe"?

WNYC's Mary Harris, the host of Only Human, and Rob DeSalle, of the American Museum of Natural History's Genomics Institute and co-curator of the current exhibit "The Secret World Inside You," explain the "microbiome" made up of the 100 trillion bacteria living in our guts and on our skin.

→ Check out the exhibit: It's on display at the Museum of Natural History (located at Central Park West and 79th Street) until August 14th. More info here.

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