As organic farming soars in popularity, and both growers and consumers become more aware of the impact of food and agriculture on human health, techniques and philosophies abound for growing food in a ...

Life is not as it seems. Hard as it may be for us to believe, we are not the point of it at all. Earth is governed by microscopic bacteria and fungi, elusive organisms called archaea, unicelled ...

This film from the 1930s offers an engaging journey through the scientific breakthroughs of Louis Pasteur. It begins with laboratory experiments demonstrating how soil and bacteria are studied under ...

Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form. The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from ...