Garlic Mouth Wash? The Science Says Yes
It turns out that in addition to keeping vampires away, garlic might also have decent mouthwashing capabilities. A…
Global first: Scientists map the microbiome of an entire country
In the mid-1700s, Denmark tried to capture its natural world in ink and copper. Artists and scholars spent…
Microbe discovery reveals ancient clues to how complex life began
Most days you move through the world without thinking about the invisible creatures that surround you. Yet one…
AI uncovers Earth’s earliest life from 3.3 billion years ago
Deep in some of Earth’s oldest rocks, traces of ancient life still linger, even when every cell has…
Scientists engineer microbe that mass-produces camouflage pigment
A remarkable advancement in microbial engineering has put a previously obscure natural pigment in the spotlight. If you’ve…
Microbes That Have Been “Sleeping” For 100+ Million Years Under The Seafloor Wake Up And Start Eating And Reproducing Once Brought To The Surface » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Life in the ocean isn’t easy, even for tiny microbes. Normally, ocean microbes spend their life eating…
Life Can Not Only Survive, But Thrive Deep Under The Earth’s Surface, And It Is More Abundant Than You Would Believe Possible » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock When growing up, just about everyone played outside and enjoyed digging in the dirt. While digging, you…
The Permafrost’s “Revenant” Microbes Are Slowly Awaking. This Is Bad News for Climate Change
Thawing permafrost in Alaska. Image credits: Brandt Meixell/USGS. The frozen, barren soil of the Arctic isn’t as lifeless…
Antarctic microbe has major food, cosmetic, and medical potential
In one of Earth’s driest, most harsh environments, scientists uncovered a micro-miracle. Down in Fumarole Bay on Deception…
What a gut microbiome scientist wants you to eat every day
You can make your gut microbes happy by doing the following, Corbin said: limit your intake of ultra-processed…
Clearest sign yet of life on Mars
LIFE, especially the microbes too small to see, has left an indelible mark on rocks on Earth, creating…
Scientists wake up microbes trapped in Arctic permafrost for 40,000 years
Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil…