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By May 13, 2021
Science

Millennium- old poop reveals the surprising diversity of our ancestors’ microbiomes

Recovering ancient microbiomes could lead to health remedies in the future.
By Jan 5, 2021
Science

The world’s most diverse group of bacteria lives inside your mouth

Mapping the planet’s microbiomes starts on your tongue.
By Aug 19, 2020
Science

This WWII shipwreck hosts an underwater kingdom of bacteria

Iron-eating bacteria were among the thousands of microbes dwelling within the shipwreck.
By Apr 20, 2020
Health

This photo confirms that your tongue is basically a microbe party

Microbes live in communities together with their buds, the new image shows.
By Aug 12, 2019
Health

Some viruses can actually protect our health

We may even rely on certain types of viruses to ward off infections.
By Dec 7, 2018
Science

Every work of art has its own microbiome. Most could use a probiotic.

Italian scientists analyzed the microbial colonization on a historic easel painting.
By Oct 2, 2018
Health

This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health

A person’s ‘exposome’ is just as important, if not more so, as their genetic predisposition to disease.
By Sep 4, 2018
Space

Mouse poop might get humans to Mars

Researchers are testing how life on the International Space Station affects the microbiome.
By Aug 16, 2018
Animals

Microbiologists are testing blood-sensing pills in pigs’ bellies

Researchers developed a sensor to detect blood in the stomach.
By Sep 29, 2017
Health

Genetically engineered bacteria—spread by mosquito sex—could spell the end of malaria

Scientists spent ten years developing the special bug.