Regular hand washing is important not only to keep from getting the flu but also to prevent passing it to others, such as young children and seniors, who may be even more vulnerable. Here’s how.
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Wetlands are some of the world’s most undervalued weapons against climate change. They store huge quantities of carbon – but without better protection, many could soon be drained or paved over.
If humans are to live on Mars they will need a stable supply of food. Earth plants are not suited to the Mars climate but we can engineer plants that are.
Nearly 50 years since the first man walked on the moon, our morals are still stranded on Earth.
Following NASA’s latest discovery of organic matter on the red planet, new findings in a salt lake in California could point to where to look for alien life.
Triclosan is found in thousands of personal care products from toothpaste to soap. New research links it to inflammation and cancer in the gut in mice, by disrupting their microbiome.
In the largest citizen science experiment to date, 11,336 people sent poop samples to this San Diego lab so that microbiologists could figure out how the microbes in our guts make us healthy or sick.
We could find evidence of life on Europa within a couple of decades.
Antibiotic-munching microbes may prove useful for mopping up contaminated water supplies and land.
Where do plague bacteria go between outbreaks? Research demonstrates that they can survive and replicate inside amoebae that are widely present in soil and water worldwide.
Ants produce their own antimicrobial chemicals to fight bacteria.
The recent E. coli outbreak in North America was linked to romaine lettuce. Many such outbreaks are often linked to fresh produce. Here’s what you need to know to keep your family safe.
If we find microbes on Mars, it will be difficult to exclude the possibility that we have accidentally brought them there from Earth.
With holiday travel in full swing and people packed together in small spaces, it’s important to try to stop the spread of germs. But can we really get our hands clean with a few seconds of cold water?
Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was a courageous scholar whose remarkable work on the role of symbiosis in evolution stands as a magisterial contribution of science.
Humans - the very “carriers” who can spread dangerous microbes unthinkingly from their equipment and shoes - can instead become the first line of defence against a possible microscopic invasion.
A range of pathogens might be lurking in makeup testers, from the mild to the deadly.
When jetting off on holiday, we rarely give a second thought to what microbes we might be taking with us. But humans spread trillions of bacteria around the globe, potentially harming ecosystems’ balance.
Help us put this old wives’ tale to a scientific test.
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor of Planetary Geosciences, The Open University
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Doctoral Candidate in Microbiology, University of Oregon
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Professor emeritus, Colorado State University
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Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, Brunel University London
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Professor of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Assistant Professor of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Maine
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Earth System Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of microbiology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington State University
