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Microscope image of helicobacter bacteria

Health

Microbiomania: The truth behind the hype about our bodily bugs

In the wake of the White House’s latest “moonshot” – an initiative to understand the microbiome – �鶹��ý cuts through the crap about our internal flora and probiotics

Insight

Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame

Life

Got dandruff? The bacteria living on your head might be to blame

News

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Giving mosquitoes chemical weapons helps keep them under control

Life

Giving mosquitoes chemical weapons helps keep them under control

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Tim Leighton

Health

I’m finding new ways to beat antibiotic resistance

Opinion

Vigourt

Life

Microbe CSI: How to read the air for clues at crime scenes

Features

teardrops

Life

Crystallised tears form beautiful patterns unique as snowflakes

Regulars

A couple cooking spaghetti in the kitchen

Life

Your immune system becomes like your partner's when you cohabit

News

Rod shaped Pseudomonas bacteriabacteria

Life

Speargun-toting superbugs end up shooting each other

News

Gene change could stop GM bacteria surviving outside the lab

Life

Gene change could stop GM bacteria surviving outside the lab

In a twist on Jurassic Park's containment strategy, GMOs could be prevented from escaping into the wild by making them reliant on an artificial amino acid

News

Life

Your gut's trick for controlling the bacteria that live in it

News

Life

Iceman Ötzi may have had stomach ache when he was murdered

News

Life

Moonlight helps plankton escape predators during Arctic winters

News

Life

Pigment-making microbes could replace dirty synthetic dyes

News