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microbiology

These eerie rock towers may have been built by microorganisms

Life

These eerie rock towers may have been built by microorganisms

Rock “chimneys” twice as tall as a person that tower above a lake in California may have been built, in part, by microorganisms

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Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Health

Herpes viruses in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease

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A huge number of mystery microbes are living on your skin

Health

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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Parkinson’s disease may be caused by virus that kills gut bugs

Health

Parkinson’s disease may be caused by virus that kills gut bugs

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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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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

Life

Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

Life

Oxygen may have helped complex life arise a billion years early

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Life

Species with big sex differences are more likely to die out

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Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

Life

Weird Antarctic ice may explain how life endured on frozen Earth

A strange discovery, made by polar explorer Robert Scott a century ago, might explain how complex life survived when the planet froze over into “Snowball Earth”

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Earth

Medicine for sick koalas turns out to actually kill them

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Health

A high fibre diet helps treat diabetes by changing gut bacteria

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Health

Bacteria on our bodies may be protecting us from skin cancer

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Earth

Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk

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