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Number of disease outbreaks jumps fourfold since 1980

In the past 30 years, the number of disease outbreaks has increased, as has the number of diseases causing them – infections from animals are a big cause

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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

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Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you

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Moving home? Your microbes will make the trip too

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Moving home? Your microbes will make the trip too

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Your death microbiome could catch your killer

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Your death microbiome could catch your killer

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Mapping the web of disease in Nairobi's invisible city

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Mapping the web of disease in Nairobi's invisible city

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Bacteria battle cancer cells to shrink human tumours

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Bacteria battle cancer cells to shrink human tumours

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How to stop toxic blooms clogging up Lake Erie

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How to stop toxic blooms clogging up Lake Erie

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Bahamian paradise built by bacteria using Saharan dust

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Bahamian paradise built by bacteria using Saharan dust

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Spark of life revisited thanks to electric bacteria

The discovery and culturing of bacteria that eat and excrete electrons means we may soon find out just how little electricity fundamental life requires

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Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy

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US admits security breaches with deadly virus samples

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Anthrax escape raises worries about lab-grown super-flu

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Me and my microbiome: Rethink bacteria to save lives

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