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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

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First evidence that gut bacteria help wire young brains

Experiments in mice have shown for the first time that bacteria found in the gut of babies and children seem to play a role in brain development

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A huge number of mystery microbes are living on your skin

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A huge number of mystery microbes are living on your skin

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Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

Life

Bacteria may survive temperatures hot enough to melt lead

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Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

Humans

Your personal cloud of microbes can be used to identify you

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax

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Bacteria teach us how to make green fuel from carbon dioxide

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Bacteria teach us how to make green fuel from carbon dioxide

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Young friends can expose you to important microbes

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Babies should mix with other children to lower leukaemia risk

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cross oceans hidden in cargo ships

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Oral bacteria

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Autoimmune disorder lupus may be triggered by body’s bacteria

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Bacteria-killing nanofibres could make clothes that stop disease

Physics

Bacteria-killing nanofibres could make clothes that stop disease

Antimicrobial fabric could slow the spread of diseases like Ebola. These nanofibres kill viruses and bacteria, and their active ingredient recharges in daylight

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Bacteria on our bodies may be protecting us from skin cancer

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Unsafe sex and STIs are rising when they really shouldn't be

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Source of world’s biggest listeria outbreak still unknown

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Surfers may be swallowing bacteria and spreading it to others

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