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Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life’s bare essentials

Reanimating cells and animals that are centuries or millennia old can offer surprising insights into what it takes to be alive

Features

meteorites landing on early Earth

Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

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Open-heart surgery

Health

Deadly infection spread by contaminated heart surgery machines

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First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

Life

First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

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Health

Unprotected sex may disrupt the microbiome in vagina

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Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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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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Emily Morris

Life

Living with a superbug: My next infection could be my last

Features

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

When raindrops hit the ground, they throw microbes into the air in aerosols – with possible implications for the climate, agriculture and diseases

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Earth

Traces in rock may be the oldest evidence of life on Earth ever

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Health

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

Insight

Life

Seagrass meadows help remove dangerous bacteria from ocean water

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Health

Stinky armpits? Bacteria from a less smelly person can fix them

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