Health
Possessed! The powerful aliens that lurk within you
Once they were free-living bacteria, then they hijacked complex cells, now it turns out they have a hand in everything from memory and ageing to obesity
Features
Environment
Moving home? Your microbes will make the trip too
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Life
Your death microbiome could catch your killer
News
Health
Mapping the web of disease in Nairobi’s invisible city
News
Health
Bacteria battle cancer cells to shrink human tumours
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Earth
How to stop toxic blooms clogging up Lake Erie
News
Earth
Bahamian paradise built by bacteria using Saharan dust
Regulars
Life
Spark of life revisited thanks to electric bacteria
Opinion
Life
Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy
News
Health
US admits security breaches with deadly virus samples
Biosecurity slip-ups in US labs handling anthrax and smallpox happened because of lack of oversight and failure to follow protocol, says new report
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Health
Anthrax escape raises worries about lab-grown super-flu
News
Health
Me and my microbiome: Rethink bacteria to save lives
Opinion
Earth
Bacterial suspects identified in Caribbean coral deaths
News
Earth
Chimera enzyme may make better biofuels from waste
News