Microbes

Microbes

Microscopic caffeine fiends

Researchers create a bacterium that can’t live or reproduce without a stimulant found in soft drinks, chocolate, coffee and tea.

Health & Medicine

Deadly new virus emerges

A mysterious infection has been spreading for almost a year.

Health & Medicine

The AIDS virus that vanished

Strong medicine may have rid a newborn of deadly HIV.

Planets

Home on the moon

Astronomers say rocky moons orbiting distant planets might support alien life.

Health & Medicine

Ebola in the air

A deadly virus can spread through the air from pigs to monkeys.

Climate

The high life

The sky is full of microscopic life, some of which might even trigger rain or snow.

Microbes

A slime with memory

Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been.

Microbes

Bacteria learn new trick

Scientists show evolution in action in decades-long E. coli study.

Microbes

Living long beneath the sea

Microbes in the mud beneath the seafloor may live millions of years, redefining what it means to be old and alive.

Microbes

Surprising rabies resistance

Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats.

Microbes

Stony bacteria

Lake-dwelling bacterium has hard lumps inside it.

Microbes

Killing a bacterial killer

A common, cheap element offers hope against deadly bacterial infections.