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The real Avatar: ocean bacteria act as ‘superorganism’
Bacteria in muddy ocean sediments may shuttle energy back and forth via a network of nanowires – a striking parallel with the movie Avatar
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Superbugs blamed on shoddy repairs
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Slime mould considers the menu before going to dinner
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First breath: Earth’s billion-year struggle for oxygen
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Chikungunya foiled by copycat ‘virus’
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I, virus: Why you’re only half human
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Viruses use ‘hive intelligence’ to focus their attack
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Bacteria rewired to flash in sync
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Horizontal and vertical: The evolution of evolution
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Drug-resistant HIV set for rapid upsurge
A model of the emergence of drug-resistant forms of the virus in San Francisco suggests they could spread across the world
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Circumcision: there goes the microbial neighbourhood
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Designing highways the slime mould way
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CFS patients in UK show no signs of suspect virus
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Too-dilute disinfectant boosts bacteria resistance
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