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Spoiler alert: It's a research program for over 20 years at Northeastern University to understand the impact of steroid abuse in teens.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4720269/

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[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a fun game: describe your research/interest in a similar way that Fox/Republicans use to describe research. The more misleading it is from the actual research, the better.

I'll start: watch how tired mice get when they get sick

(determine the mechanism of how microbial contact affects host circadian rhythms)

[–] superkret@feddit.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I study how fast poison leaking into the ground is cleaned up by microbes, and how it's possible to protect drinking water sources from that poison.

I honestly don't know how to phrase that so it sounds ridiculous or useless.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Researchers spend $X to find out if poison kills microbes.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That just sounds like antibiotic research.

[–] Contramuffin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Researchers spend $X to find out if microbes kill poison