New York City is teeming with life, much of which lives in a world unseen – in the city’s thousands of puddles, lakes, and ponds. Underwater, trillions of bacteria,fungi, and other microbes move about, forming the base of our ecosystem. We teamed up with Sally Warring, who runs the organisation […]
NASA has picked a landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover. The space agency will try to land its nuclear-powered robot in Jezero Crater, a giant impact near the Martian equator. Jezero Crater was a water-rich area billions of years ago on Mars, and it might still hide signs […]
The world is not as it seems. Just beyond the limits of our vision exists a miniature universe that beckons to be explored by curious, oversize humans. Microscopes give us a window into that tiny cosmos, and talented photographers and videographers from around the world have used the tools for […]
The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth and is comparable to the dry surface of Mars. Researchers recently discovered that when it rains in the Atacama, microbial communities that lay dormant for decades or even thousands of years spring back to life. It’s possible […]
Wondering when to stop drinking coffee and using screens to avoid messing with your sleep? How frequently you should wash your sheets? Scientists have been looking for answers to these questions too. You can use their answers to guide many of the decisions you make on a nightly basis, from […]
A new analysis of the oldest known microbial fossils revealed that several diverse types of organisms existed more than 3.4 billion years ago. The finding indicates that life first evolved on Earth long before that. If life existed in so many forms that early in Earth’s history, it suggests a […]
Kitchen sponges are dirtier than toilets.
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If you...
Don't go in the water.
That's been the warning...
New York University microbiologist Philip...
Our best line of defence against...
Florida's floodwater is full of bacteria.
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One of the first things we learn as kids is...
As flooding from Harvey continues to rise and...
Researchers have started to identify bacteria...
Health officials in two Arizona counties...
Think for a moment before you text your friends...
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