Tag: Microbes
What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the...
Brian Darby, University of North Dakota
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the...
Brian Darby, University of North Dakota
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
Shipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
Avery Paxton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Humans have sailed the world’s oceans for thousands of years, but they...
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains...
Jennifer DeBruyn, University of Tennessee
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important...
Acne bacteria trigger cells to produce fats, oils and other lipids...
Samia Almoughrabie, University of California, San Diego
The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it plays...
Reconstructing ancient bacterial genomes can revive previously unknown molecules – offering...
Christina Warinner, Harvard University; Alexander Hübner, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Pierre Stallforth, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Microorganisms –...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching...
Alexander Cheesman, James Cook University; Amy Zanne, University of Miami, and Lucas Cernusak, James Cook University
When we consider...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
