Comments on: On the Occasion of My Belly Button Entering the Scientific Literature http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: On the Occasion of My Belly Button Entering the Scientific Literature : Art & Literature http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19206 On the Occasion of My Belly Button Entering the Scientific Literature : Art & Literature Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:54:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19206 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: David B. Benson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19153 David B. Benson Sat, 10 Nov 2012 04:28:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19153 All sorts of helpful specialists, inside and out. All sorts of helpful specialists, inside and out.

]]> By: Greg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19152 Greg Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:05:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19152 Carl, I am sure many of your fans now await the introduction of your brand of celebrity probiotic bellybutton flora. Carl, I am sure many of your fans now await the introduction of your brand of celebrity probiotic bellybutton flora.

]]> By: Steviepinhead http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19151 Steviepinhead Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:52:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19151 Why would it be odd for a microbe only found in the ocean to have a naval connection? Yeah, I know it's spelled "navel." I'll be here all week anyway... Why would it be odd for a microbe only found in the ocean to have a naval connection?

Yeah, I know it’s spelled “navel.” I’ll be here all week anyway…

]]> By: Video Spotlight « 聚光灯 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19150 Video Spotlight « 聚光灯 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:17:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19150 [...] vast majority of the species — 2188 all told — lived on six or fewer people,” writes Carl Zimmer (who offered his own belly button to the group’s scrutiny) at his blog, the [...] [...] vast majority of the species — 2188 all told — lived on six or fewer people,” writes Carl Zimmer (who offered his own belly button to the group’s scrutiny) at his blog, the [...]

]]> By: Belly buttons as bacterial wonderlands | The Cosmos Cafe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19149 Belly buttons as bacterial wonderlands | The Cosmos Cafe Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:38:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19149 [...] sampled for bacteria- and what the researchers found is pretty amazing. Get the bizarre details here. Share this:Share This entry was posted in PopSci Links. Bookmark the [...] [...] sampled for bacteria- and what the researchers found is pretty amazing. Get the bizarre details here. Share this:Share This entry was posted in PopSci Links. Bookmark the [...]

]]> By: Krisko http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19148 Krisko Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:52:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19148 I invite Dunn to study my bellybutton, which I did not have for 26 years of my life until a surgery (which happened along the bellybutton path) for any of these prokaryotes. I'm guessing I'm exempt. I invite Dunn to study my bellybutton, which I did not have for 26 years of my life until a surgery (which happened along the bellybutton path) for any of these prokaryotes. I’m guessing I’m exempt.

]]> By: Claudiu Bandea http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19147 Claudiu Bandea Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:01:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19147 Any hint that the belly button specimens would be investigated also for viral diversity? Any hint that the belly button specimens would be investigated also for viral diversity?

]]> By: Wilson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19146 Wilson Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:53:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19146 <i>It’s possible that the rare microbes are only visitors, dropping by for a short stay in our navels before dying out or traveling on. The most common species the scientists found may have long-term leases, having evolved adaptation that help them thrive in the bellybutton’s distinctive habitat.</i> Is there a followup study planned, to find the answers to these questions? It’s possible that the rare microbes are only visitors, dropping by for a short stay in our navels before dying out or traveling on. The most common species the scientists found may have long-term leases, having evolved adaptation that help them thrive in the bellybutton’s distinctive habitat.

Is there a followup study planned, to find the answers to these questions?

]]> By: A Dox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/11/07/on-the-occasion-of-my-belly-button-entering-the-scientific-literature/#comment-19145 A Dox Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:35:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6394#comment-19145 Very interesting read, but raises one significant question, what about outties? Very interesting read, but raises one significant question, what about outties?

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