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microbiology

Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

Earth

Life could exist up to 10 kilometres beneath the sea floor

Samples from a mud volcano contain biological signatures that suggest microbes lived in the material when it was rock several kilometres beneath the ocean floor

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Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

Life

Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts’ genes

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Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Life

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

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Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

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pills

Health

Next-gen microbiome drugs are now on sale – should you buy them?

Insight

Algae on panel outside International Space Station

Life

Primitive plants survive almost two years in outer space

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Bacteria in combat

Life

Vicious microbial warfare helps bacteria evolve cooperation

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Dried-up slime could help microbes survive briny waters on Mars

Space

Dried-up slime could help microbes survive briny waters on Mars

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A newly hatches leatherback turtle beside some broken eggs

Earth

Baby turtles leave behind fleeting oases on beach dune deserts

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washing

Health

Antibacterial products may help bacteria beat antibiotics

The antibacterial agent triclosan is often present in anything from cleaning products to toys, but tests suggest it can help MRSA survive antibiotics

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Life

Ebola rapidly evolves to be more transmissible and deadlier

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Life

Lightbulb made of modified E. coli fuses biology and electronics

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Technology

Soft robot with a mouth and gut can forage for its own food

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Life

Kamikaze cells wage biowarfare and fight viruses with viruses

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