Food labels make calories seem simple. They show the number of calories per serving, which is calculated based on how much ...
You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is ...
The cells had been buried for 101.5 million years, sealed inside sediment beneath one of the emptiest stretches of ocean on ...
A bacterium that already lives in most people’s intestines can latch onto per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and escort them ...
Flesh-eating” bacteria is spreading. Infectious fungi are emerging. Microbiomes may never be the same. Are we ready?
They looked like traces left behind by tiny creatures, but were most likely microbes.
Microbes inside rocks convert CO2 into life without sunlight, thanks to a bicarbonate mechanism that could revolutionize ...
A new study reveals that microbes in coastal wetlands peak during winter, despite colder temperatures and slower plant growth ...
Fog is dirtier than you may have realized: it’s filled with various microbial life. One percent of droplets from fog banks ...
Metagenomic analyses of medieval skeletal remains uncovered bacteria that may help drive the breakdown of bone collagen, ...