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We explore the world microbes, and how they’re everywhere, and how the University of Colorado at Boulder has scientists such as Noah Fierer who are trying to track all those microbes down and figure out which ones help us and which ones don’t, and how they interact.  These scientists have studied the microbes on a … Continue reading "We Breathe Microbes with Noah Fierer"

Noah Fierer


We explore the world microbes, and how they’re everywhere, and how the University of Colorado at Boulder has scientists such as Noah Fierer who are trying to track all those microbes down and figure out which ones help us and which ones don’t, and how they interact.  These scientists have studied the microbes on a human hand, the microbes in the air from dog feces, and they’re lastest project is known as Miasma.  That stands for Mapping and Integrated Analysis of Microbes in the Atmosphere.


Hosts: Ted Burnham and Breanna Draxler


Producer: Shelley Schlender

Engineer: Shelley Schlender

Headlines: Tom Yulsman

Executive Producer: Susan Moran