Your Shoes Are Dirtier Than You Think, Says a Biomedical Science Professor

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ+ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts-And America." His path in journalism has taken him through almost every part of the newsroom, earning awards along the way from the Boston Press Photographers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. Mike recently became a certified electric coach and aims to drive climate action through electrification education. As an independent journalist, his work has also been published in Bloomberg, The Guardian, Fortune and beyond.

• Journalism awards from the Boston Press Photographers Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and Boston University

Wearing shoes indoors might seem harmless -- maybe you just track in ...