The Number Two-ome

July 1, 2009

Eric Alm bursts into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology lab and grabs a small, maroon-colored sports duffel bag. “Give me seven and a half minutes,” he says with a sense of urgency. “I’m taking a sample and I know exactly how long that takes me.” Into the duffel bag he stuffs a disposable plastic commode about the size of a fedora hat, latex gloves, an autoclaved sampling tube, and a biohazard container.


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