Earth
Bacteria fly into the Atacama Desert every afternoon on the wind
The Atacama Desert is one of the most hostile places on Earth, but new microbes arrive there every day on dust grains carried by the wind
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Health
Ibuprofen and other common drugs may help antibiotic resistance spread
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Life
Deep-sea microbe could answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries
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Swimming in the sea completely changes the microbes on your skin
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A severe autoimmune condition may be triggered by ‘good’ gut bacteria
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Koalas burned in wildfires can now be saved but the treatment is gross
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Environment
Inside the audacious mission to map every microbe in Australia
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Gut microbes may determine whether infants develop food allergies
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Earth
Zombieland: The vast world of hidden microbes miles beneath your feet
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Life
We contain microbes so deeply weird they alter the very tree of life
Newly discovered life forms inside our bodies profoundly affect our health – and provide a glimpse of the vast and mysterious biological "dark matter" within us
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Space
NASA says the International Space Station is covered in bacteria
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Space
Curiosity is entering what may be the best area to find life on Mars
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Life
Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts
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I’m travelling the world to collect poo for the good of humankind
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