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The Microbiome and the Future of Artisanal Gastronomy

The Microbiome and the Future of Artisanal Gastronomy

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More

The Week in Plagues: A World Without Antibiotics, Why You’re Not Drowning in Poop, and More

By Brooke Borel

Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry

Forget Prozac, Psychobiotics Are the Future of Psychiatry

Turning to Germs in a Post-Antibiotic Era

Turning to Germs in a Post-Antibiotic Era

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More

This Week in Plagues: The Origin of Syphilis, Cheese Made from Armpit Bacteria, And More

By Brooke Borel

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

Was Salvador Dalí Plagued By Phantom Bed Bugs?

By Brooke Borel

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

The 51st Anniversary of Silent Spring

By Brooke Borel

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

Government Shutdown: Bad for Insect Science

By Brooke Borel

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

OMP’s Friday Link Roundup

By Brooke Borel

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

Introducing: Our Modern Plagues

By Brooke Borel

Whoa! Scientists Grow A Brain In A Dish

Whoa! Scientists Grow A Brain In A Dish

By Shaunacy Ferro

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Unbelievably Detailed Maps Track AIDS In The U.S.

Unbelievably Detailed Maps Track AIDS In The U.S.

By Colin Lecher

A Guide To Not Saying Dumb Things About Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy

A Guide To Not Saying Dumb Things About Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy

By Shaunacy Ferro

New Device Detects Asbestos In Real-Time, With Lasers And Magnets

New Device Detects Asbestos In Real-Time, With Lasers And Magnets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains

Scientists Create Hybrid, Air-Transmissible Bird Flu Strains

By Rebecca Boyle

New Bird Flu Spreads: What You Need To Know

New Bird Flu Spreads: What You Need To Know

By Francie Diep

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You

By Shaunacy Ferro

Flu Researchers Say: Let Us Get Back To Work Studying Risky Mutations

Flu Researchers Say: Let Us Get Back To Work Studying Risky Mutations

By Rebecca Boyle

Will This Fish Transform Medicine?

Will This Fish Transform Medicine?

By Virginia Hughes

The Flu Virus Can Tell Time. Here’s Why You Should Care

The Flu Virus Can Tell Time. Here’s Why You Should Care

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Is There A Winter Flu Season?

FYI: Why Is There A Winter Flu Season?

Brand-New Vaccine Strategy Works Against Herpes, And Potentially HIV

Where will the next pandemic come from?

Where will the next pandemic come from?

By David Quammen

How to Give Ferrets A Highly Contagious, Sneeze-Transmissible Version of the Bird Flu

How to Give Ferrets A Highly Contagious, Sneeze-Transmissible Version of the Bird Flu

By Rebecca Boyle

FDA Panel Endorses an Over-the-Counter HIV Test that Diagnoses in Just 20 Minutes

FDA Panel Endorses an Over-the-Counter HIV Test that Diagnoses in Just 20 Minutes

A Mouse Made Just For You Will Model Your Medical Problems

A Mouse Made Just For You Will Model Your Medical Problems

By Rebecca Boyle

The Virus Station: A Field Lab for Finding a Deadly Disease

The Virus Station: A Field Lab for Finding a Deadly Disease

By Ryan Bradley

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science

A New Moratorium on Research Into Engineered Avian Flu: What It Means for Science

By Rebecca Boyle

How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer

How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer

Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time

Video: Researchers Watch Type 1 Diabetes As It Unfolds, in Real Time

By Rebecca Boyle

Image-Recognition Algorithm Diagnoses Breast Cancer Better Than a Human Doctor Can

Image-Recognition Algorithm Diagnoses Breast Cancer Better Than a Human Doctor Can

By Rebecca Boyle

How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen

How Computer Modeling Lets Doctors Predict Heart Attacks Before They Happen

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows

Disarming HIV Could Protect the Immune System and Potentially Lead to a Vaccine, New Study Shows

By Rebecca Boyle

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues

By Rebecca Boyle

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds

By Rebecca Boyle

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV

Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV

By Rebecca Boyle

Moveable Beasts: Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species

Moveable Beasts: Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes

By Catherine Price

New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say

New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say

By Rebecca Boyle

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV

Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome

Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome