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We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets

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We breathe in more bugs from our tap water than from our toilets

A map of the airborne microbiomes in our homes reveals that most of the bacteria we breathe in come from outside or our floors and carpets

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Mining the hidden treasure of the world's unknown bacteria

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Mining the hidden treasure of the world's unknown bacteria

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Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus

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Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus

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Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe

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Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe

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Pairs of habitable worlds could throw microbes at each other

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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Mystery microbes in our gut could be a whole new form of life

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Mystery microbes in our gut could be a whole new form of life

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Ocean’s hidden green plankton revealed by fixing glitch in model

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Ocean’s hidden green plankton revealed by fixing glitch in model

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world

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Endangered earth: The secret battle to save our soils

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Endangered earth: The secret battle to save our soils

We can't bury our heads in the sand any longer. More than a third of Earth's top layer is at risk. Is there hope for our planet's most precious endangered species?

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Humans walk around in our own personal cloud of airborne bugs

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Key enzyme helps country kids ward off allergies and asthma

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Chatty cellular machines take synthetic biology to next level

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Hidden oasis of oxygen suggests life took first breath in lakes

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