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Beyond the Syllabus

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Leena Mahtani
Sep 17, 2026
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Omie teaches a classroom full of curious microbes about humans.

Humans don’t always eat because they’re hungry.

We eat because we’re bored, happy, stressed, social, nostalgic, or simply because the snack is there.

Try explaining that to a classroom of microbes.

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