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David and Yakir Reshef can’t help but fill in each other’s sentences. As we talk about the project that they have been working on together for the past several years, the discussion easily shifts back and forth as one and then the other takes the lead in describing their work. Their conversation is so seamless that when I go back to review the tape of our interview, it’s tricky to figure out where Yakir’s quotes end and David’s begin. They have the sort of mental rapport unique to close siblings or co-authors. This is, of course, because David and Yakir are both.

The human microbiome is the community of organisms that live, either peacefully or in mortal combat, inside of our bodies or on our skin. ӳ����ý researchers and affiliate scientists have been studying the human microbiome with the goal of learning how it influences health or disease. A few of this year’s highlights:

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