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Review : A look on the small side
Books & Arts
Who’s holding the moral high ground?
The malleable microbe: Just how different is a bacterium from an elephant? The answer lies in the flexible genes of the lowly microorganism
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Forum: Bring in the long-service commission – Science should follow the army’s example
Review: Hoagland looks back with curiosity
Books & Arts
The microbes that would not die: Microbiologists have coaxed life from a brick from a temple in Thebes, from permanently frozen arctic soil and from ancient muds on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Are these organisms really survivors from earlier centuri
Features
Fixing the nitrogen fixers
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