'Microbial Dark Matter' Dominates Earth's Environments
Estimating the quantity of microbes on the planet is an extremely difficult task.
Ancient Mars Had Prime Conditions for Subsurface Life
A new study suggests that the Red Planet could have supported subsurface microbes.
Your Child's Mouth Could Reveal Their Obesity Risk
A study has shown children more prone to becoming obese had different populations of microbes in their mouths.
Five Everyday Items Dirtier than a Toilet Seat
A new study has found that rubber ducks are teeming with potentially harmful bacteria and fungi. But it's not the only household item with a dirty secret.
Are Alien Microbes Pumping Out Methane on Enceladus?
Enceladus is a "hot spot" in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Life on Europa? Weird Earth Microbes Could Thrive There
"This is the first time an ecosystem has been found to survive directly on the basis of nuclear energy."
Bacteria That Eat Human Waste Are Food for Astronauts
Results from taste tests were not immediately available.
Clashing Chemicals Might Identify Distant Alien Life
(Methane + carbon dioxide) - carbon monoxide = aliens?
Buckingham Palace Is Made of Tiny Jurassic-Era Fossils
The palace is constructed from oolitic limestone, a material that contains 200-million-year-old microbes.
Oldest Fossil Raises Hope of Finding Life Elsewhere
This stunning discovery pushes the limits of our understanding about how and when life started.
Microbes That Live on Air Offer a Model of Alien Life
The discovery opens up the tantalizing possibility that on other planets, life forms that need only atmospheric gas to survive exist, too.
Space Station Has The Same Microbes as Any Human Home
Humans living in space also, inevitably, means bacteria living in space.
Hotter Soil Could Speed Up Climate Change
"We could be eventually getting ourselves into a situation that we can't control."
Rx Won't Address Antibiotic Resistance
We need to flat-out socialize the development of new antibiotics, and increasingly regulate the use of existing ones.
Altered Gut Microbiome Linked to Obesity
A new study supports the claim that the bugs in your gut may determine the girth of your belly.
Viral and Bacterial Links to the Brain's Decline
Research offers hints that infection could alter brain chemistry and function, but research funding is hard to achieve.
White House Goes With Its Gut on Microbiome Research
The joint venture has a huge mission: to advance understanding of the tiny microorganisms that inhabit the world we live in.
New Estimate: There Are 1 Trillion Species of Microbes
And we've only identified 6 million of them.
Germs Vary by City
A study of three North American cities found geography and location drive microbiome composition
Enzyme Cleaners Could Make the World Less Toxic
Scientists are finding all sorts of uses for "extremophiles," like those found in the boiling sulfuric acid of Yellowstone Park's geysers.
Yeast and Bacteria, Cocoa's Most Important Ingredients?
Scientists have found surprising geographic diversity in cacao yeast.
Preemies' Guts Harbor Antibiotic-Resistance Bacteria
A new study finds the microbiomes of premature infants make them more susceptible to serious infections that cannot be cured.
Oil From BP Spill Still Degrading Historic Shipwreck
Researchers found that oil altered microbial communities living in these artificial reefs deep beneath the sea.
'Vaginal Seeding' Won't Help Newborns' Microbiome
Swabbing infants with vaginal fluid is more likely to introduce them to an infection than healthy bacteria.
The Healthy Way of Being Dirty
One in nine cells in your body are bacteria. Feed them, says a new book.
Human Microbes Quickly Colonize People's Surroundings
Your personal microbiome travels with you wherever you go.
The Garbage Eaters
Those vile islands of trash in the ocean have become a breeding ground for extraordinary new life forms