Comments on: Book review – Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth’s Essential Life Forms/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/Reviewing fascinating science books since 2017Fri, 31 May 2024 11:42:51 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Book review – Biocivilisations: A New Look at the Science of Life | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-94893Fri, 31 May 2024 11:42:51 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=1667#comment-94893[…] lives of animals (including emotions, dreams, and consciousness), and even plant neurobiology, and the planetary impact of microbes. Tool use in animals is well documented, and I have no qualms with the notion that insects practice […]

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]]>By: Book review – Invisible Friends: How Microbes Shape our Lives and the World around Us | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-87083Thu, 18 May 2023 11:19:39 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=1667#comment-87083[…] topics and does so in a chatty and conversational tone. Some ideas I previously encountered in Planet of Microbes, but much of it was both novel and […]

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]]>By: Book review – Never Home Alone: From Microbes to Millipedes, Camel Crickets, and Honeybees, the Natural History of Where We Live | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-2412Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:25:07 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=1667#comment-2412[…] I mentioned in my review of Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth’s Essential Life Forms, microbes are literally everywhere. The bacteria and parasites that live on and inside of us have […]

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]]>By: inquisitivebiologist/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-1118Fri, 07 Sep 2018 12:11:05 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=1667#comment-1118Just one such example of “microbiomania” was just published in New Scientist on the sense or nonsense of taking probiotic supplements:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2178860-probiotics-are-mostly-useless-and-can-actually-hurt-you/

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]]>By: Book review – Viruses: Agents of Evolutionary Invention | The Inquisitive Biologist/2018/04/26/book-review-planet-of-microbes-the-perils-and-potential-of-earths-essential-life-forms/comment-page-1/#comment-772Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:12:16 +0000http://inquisitivebiologist.wordpress.com/?p=1667#comment-772[…] I reviewed Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth’s Essential Life Forms, I remarked that microbes are everywhere. If you are willing to stretch the definition of life a […]

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