Millennium- old poop reveals the surprising diversity of our ancestors’ microbiomes By Hannah Seo / May 13, 2021
This new museum exhibit tells us to respect the microbes that live on us By Claire Maldarelli / Jul 7, 2017
The world’s most diverse group of bacteria lives inside your mouth By Claire Maldarelli / Jan 5, 2021
Gut bacteria might flip the effects of a common cancer-causing mutation in an unexpected way By Hannah Seo / Aug 20, 2020
This photo confirms that your tongue is basically a microbe party By Claire Maldarelli / Apr 20, 2020
‘Prob-eye-otics’ could be the future of eye disease treatment By Tony St. Leger/The Conversation / Jun 26, 2019
Every work of art has its own microbiome. Most could use a probiotic. By Eleanor Cummins / Dec 7, 2018
This new device could teach us how the crud in our air affects our health By Claire Maldarelli / Oct 2, 2018
E. coli doesn’t just give you food poisoning—it can also help you get essential nutrients By Kat Eschner / Aug 27, 2018
We may finally know why marijuana helps people with chronic gut problems By Kat Eschner / Aug 14, 2018
Farmers may cultivate better gut microbes than nearby city dwellers By Claire Maldarelli / Jun 8, 2018
They don’t make baby poop like they did in 1926, that’s for sure. Here’s why scientists care. By Claire Maldarelli / Mar 16, 2018
Your skin is crawling with bacteria, and some of them might help fight cancer By Claire Maldarelli / Mar 1, 2018
Scientists are trying to figure out which bacteria have colonized our space station By Sara Chodosh / Dec 5, 2017
We might have better lab mice if we paid more attention to their guts By Claire Maldarelli / Oct 19, 2017
There are fungi living inside your gut, and they’re probably pretty important By Claire Maldarelli / Oct 12, 2017
Scientists are trying to figure out how to keep bacteria from running rampant on space missions By Claire Maldarelli / Oct 6, 2017
Infections during pregnancy may help autism develop—and scientists are finally figuring out why By Claire Maldarelli / Sep 13, 2017
The gut microbes of modern hunter-gatherers reveal one big problem with your diet By Claire Maldarelli / Aug 24, 2017
Is whole wheat bread better than white? That may depend on your gut bacteria. By Kendra Pierre-Louis / Jun 6, 2017
Researchers tracked how microbes spread in a newly opened hospital By Claire Maldarelli / May 24, 2017
Lizards might lose their gut bacteria to climate change—and that’s not great By Kendra Pierre-Louis / May 9, 2017