New research reported from the 110th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego shows a positive correlation between learning and exposure to a common soil bacterium, Mycobacterium vaccae.

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So don’t be a dumby, get out there and play in the dirt. And perhaps more to the point, bring the kids. They’ll pick up on your enthusiasm for nature and outdoors and they could just end up smarter!

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