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Do Insects Get Stressed?
Health

Do Insects Get Stressed?

By Brooke Borel

The Candida Cold War
Health

The Candida Cold War

By Jason Tetro

Can You Get Diseases From Bad Bathroom Smells?
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Can You Get Diseases From Bad Bathroom Smells?

Do Microbes Get Stressed?
Health

Do Microbes Get Stressed?

By Brooke Borel

Yes, You Can Reverse Disease
Health

Yes, You Can Reverse Disease

Do Plants Get Stressed?
Health

Do Plants Get Stressed?

By Brooke Borel

Bottling A Better Beer With New Yeast Strains
Health

Bottling A Better Beer With New Yeast Strains

By Jason Tetro

The Hot Zone: An Ebola Treatment Unit Rises In West Africa
Health

The Hot Zone: An Ebola Treatment Unit Rises In West Africa

By Jefferson Mok

The Mechanism Of Microbial Memory
Health

The Mechanism Of Microbial Memory

By Jason Tetro

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?
Health

Will Gardeners Buy A Color-Changing GMO Petunia?

By Brooke Borel

Alligator Antimicrobials May Help Us In A Post-Antibiotic Era
Health

Alligator Antimicrobials May Help Us In A Post-Antibiotic Era

By Jason Tetro

Warm Weather In Asia May Have Spurred Black Death Outbreaks In Europe
Health

Warm Weather In Asia May Have Spurred Black Death Outbreaks In Europe

By Mary Beth Griggs

Building The House Of Virus
Health

Building The House Of Virus

By Jason Tetro

When There’s Nothing Left To Do But Crack A Cancer Joke
Health

When There’s Nothing Left To Do But Crack A Cancer Joke

By Brooke Borel

Right Now, You’re Breathing A Potentially Dangerous Substance
Health

Right Now, You’re Breathing A Potentially Dangerous Substance

Tuberculosis: Exclusive Clips From “The Forgotten Plague”
Health

Tuberculosis: Exclusive Clips From “The Forgotten Plague”

By Brooke Borel

The Ebola Vaccine Situation: A Cause For Hope
Health

The Ebola Vaccine Situation: A Cause For Hope

By Jason Tetro

Bed Bugs May Be Splitting Into New Species
Health

Bed Bugs May Be Splitting Into New Species

By Brooke Borel

Can We Build A Better (Fruit) Fly Trap
Health

Can We Build A Better (Fruit) Fly Trap

By Jason Tetro

Why The Ebola Epidemic Is (So Far) Less Devastating Than Scientists Predicted
Health

Why The Ebola Epidemic Is (So Far) Less Devastating Than Scientists Predicted

By Sarah Fecht

Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles
Health

Stick-On Tattoo Measures Blood Sugar Without Needles

By Lydia Ramsey

Marshland in New Jersey
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iChip: The Future of Antibiotic Discovery

By Brooke Borel

Can Bed Bug Traps Clear An Infestation?
Health

Can Bed Bug Traps Clear An Infestation?

By Brooke Borel

Got A Bacterial Infection? Maybe Don’t Blame The Spiders
Health

Got A Bacterial Infection? Maybe Don’t Blame The Spiders

By Brooke Borel

The Problem Of The Parotid Paramyxovirus (A.K.A. Mumps)
Health

The Problem Of The Parotid Paramyxovirus (A.K.A. Mumps)

By Jason Tetro

Can New GMO Techniques Make Crops That Are More “Natural”?
Health

Can New GMO Techniques Make Crops That Are More “Natural”?

By Brooke Borel

a year's worth of a diabetic's glucose and activity levels
Health

Diabetic Charts A Year’s Worth Of His Health Data

By Katie Peek

Anti-GMO protester holding a sign of Grumpy Cat saying GM NO
Health

Are Views On GMOs Changing?

By Brooke Borel

What Makes A Bug Go Bad? Exploring The Evolution of “EAEC”
Health

What Makes A Bug Go Bad? Exploring The Evolution of “EAEC”

By Jason Tetro

Is Depression An Infectious Disease?
Health

Is Depression An Infectious Disease?

By Jason Tetro

Bed Bugs And Chagas Disease: Don’t Worry Quite Yet
Health

Bed Bugs And Chagas Disease: Don’t Worry Quite Yet

By Brooke Borel

The Future Of Antibiotics May Come From A Horse’s Behind
Health

The Future Of Antibiotics May Come From A Horse’s Behind

By Jason Tetro

GMOs And Perennial Crops: Not A Thing (Yet, Anyway)
Health

GMOs And Perennial Crops: Not A Thing (Yet, Anyway)

By Brooke Borel

How Some West African Countries Have Kept Ebola Out
Health

How Some West African Countries Have Kept Ebola Out

By Francie Diep

The Month In Plagues: Ebola Panic, Filthy New York City Rats, And More
Health

The Month In Plagues: Ebola Panic, Filthy New York City Rats, And More

By Brooke Borel

Ebola: How Pop Culture And Infotainment Flame Our Fear
Health

Ebola: How Pop Culture And Infotainment Flame Our Fear

By Brooke Borel

When Fighting Ebola, PPE Practice Makes Perfect
Health

When Fighting Ebola, PPE Practice Makes Perfect

By Jason Tetro

Feral Pigs and Tenacious Plants: What Makes an Invasive Species Invasive?
Health

Feral Pigs and Tenacious Plants: What Makes an Invasive Species Invasive?

By Brooke Borel

Popular Science’s Strange Reporting Of The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
Health

Popular Science’s Strange Reporting Of The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

By Francie Diep

Infamous Diarrhea-Causing Infections Nearly Double In U.S. Hospitals
Health

Infamous Diarrhea-Causing Infections Nearly Double In U.S. Hospitals

By Brooke Borel

The Month In Plagues: An Enterovirus Outbreak, Pubic Lice Are Not Going Extinct, And More
Health

The Month In Plagues: An Enterovirus Outbreak, Pubic Lice Are Not Going Extinct, And More

By Brooke Borel

In Africa, Ebola Patients Need More Than Medicine
Health

In Africa, Ebola Patients Need More Than Medicine

By Lois Parshley

Shark Skin Biomimetics Takes a Bite Out of Infection Spread
Health

Shark Skin Biomimetics Takes a Bite Out of Infection Spread

By Jason Tetro

Artificial Sweeteners May Contribute to Metabolic Disorders
Health

Artificial Sweeteners May Contribute to Metabolic Disorders

By Emily Gertz

We Now Know Why Rabies is a Speeding Bullet
Health

We Now Know Why Rabies is a Speeding Bullet

By Jason Tetro

The Trouble with Listeria: Redundancy Equals Pathogenic Success
Health

The Trouble with Listeria: Redundancy Equals Pathogenic Success

By Jason Tetro

In Your Basement: Jiminy (Asian Camel) Cricket!
Health

In Your Basement: Jiminy (Asian Camel) Cricket!

By Brooke Borel

Biocontrol: More Than Cane Toads and Mongooses
Health

Biocontrol: More Than Cane Toads and Mongooses

By Brooke Borel

A Truly Global Germ: The Case of Malassezia
Health

A Truly Global Germ: The Case of Malassezia

By Jason Tetro

Better Know A Plague: Palmer Amaranth
Health

Better Know A Plague: Palmer Amaranth

By Brooke Borel

EBOLA: What West Africa Can Learn From Winnebago County, Wisconsin
Health

EBOLA: What West Africa Can Learn From Winnebago County, Wisconsin

By Jason Tetro

This Pill Can Stop HIV
Health

This Pill Can Stop HIV

By Breanna Draxler

Meet the Robotic Weeders
Health

Meet the Robotic Weeders

By Brooke Borel

Of Pigs and Primates: Addressing the Airborne Ebola Allegation
Health

Of Pigs and Primates: Addressing the Airborne Ebola Allegation

By Jason Tetro

Why Ebola Isn’t A ‘Global Health Emergency’–At Least Not In The Way You Might Think
Health

Why Ebola Isn’t A ‘Global Health Emergency’–At Least Not In The Way You Might Think

By Sarah Fecht

How Two Americans Got An Untested Ebola Treatment
Health

How Two Americans Got An Untested Ebola Treatment

By Francie Diep

How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?
Health

How Did The Deadliest Strain Of Ebola Travel From Central To West Africa?

By Francie Diep

Nom Nom Nom – How Toxoplasma gondii Feeds on Cellular Proteins
Health

Nom Nom Nom – How Toxoplasma gondii Feeds on Cellular Proteins

By Jason Tetro

The Pros and Cons of Herbicide-Tolerant GMOs
Health

The Pros and Cons of Herbicide-Tolerant GMOs

By Brooke Borel

5 Questions About The Smallpox Vials Found In Maryland
Health

5 Questions About The Smallpox Vials Found In Maryland

By Francie Diep

How DNA Scissors Can Perform Surgery Directly On Your Genes
Health

How DNA Scissors Can Perform Surgery Directly On Your Genes

By Nathalia Holt

Cancer Screening Can Do More Harm Than Good
Health

Cancer Screening Can Do More Harm Than Good

By Christie Aschwanden

Never Mind the CDC: The Search for Anthrax on the ISS
Health

Never Mind the CDC: The Search for Anthrax on the ISS

By Jason Tetro

The Month In Plagues: Newly Approved Antibiotics, A Sheep-Repellent That Smells Like Dog Poop, And More
Health

The Month In Plagues: Newly Approved Antibiotics, A Sheep-Repellent That Smells Like Dog Poop, And More

By Brooke Borel