Which hospital supervised Angus Barbieri's record-breaking 382-day
Chapter 1

The garbage trucks in your cells

Chapter 2

The biology of extreme survival

Chapter 3

The micro-farm inside your gut

Chapter 4

Humans as planetary lifeboats

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Master of How your body recycles itself

Ch 2 · The biology of extreme survival
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Which hospital supervised Angus Barbieri's record-breaking 382-day fast?

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