Your gut bacteria makes chocolate healthy. Maybe we can train it to make everything healthy? (I’m increasingly convinced that the future of health is in your gut. Stay tuned.)

+ “When a soldier goes into the battlefield, he does not have a dentist, or a dental office.” Enter combat gum that “blows up” the membrane of bacterial cells. And it could be available to all of us soon. (In the meantime, I’m sticking with Pop Rocks.)

+ Lost sleep might mean lost brain cells. (A fact that makes you more worried and less likely to fall asleep at a reasonable hour…)