Space
Curiosity is entering what may be the best area to find life on Mars
Clay on the Martian surface may be able to sustain and nourish microbes, and the Curiosity rover has just rolled into an area on Mars that鈥檚 chock full of it
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Life
Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts
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Health
I’m travelling the world to collect poo for the good of humankind
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Environment
Nazi sub is being destroyed by bacteria due to Deepwater Horizon spill
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Health
Your gut bacteria may match your blood group 鈥� but we don鈥檛 know why
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A child’s mix of gut bacteria may determine if they get allergies
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Environment
Bacteria live in China鈥檚 thick smogs and may be making it even worse
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Life
Bacteria could protect old paintings from pigment-eating microbes
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Health
Megan Rossi: Gut health – the secret to happiness?
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Life
Huddling for warmth gives animals a more efficient gut microbiome
When animals huddle together in the cold their gut bacteria change in a way that slows down the animals鈥� metabolisms and helps them preserve energy
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Life
75-million-year old ocean microbes live forever on almost zero energy
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Health
Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you
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Bacteria can be used to turn type A blood into universal type O
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Life
Banana-y bread and onion beer: How yeast can trick our tastebuds
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