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Scientists created carbon-sucking 'Frankenstein' bricks using microbes. The material can spawn its own babies.
To test the lifespan of the living brick, the researchers stored the mixture inside a shoe-box-size…
Aria Bendix,Aria Bendix
New Picture Of Common Cold Virus Explains Why The Drugs We've Made Don't Work
The new C model helps explain why it's been so difficult to develop a cure for the common cold, acc…
Popular Science
This Infection Gets People Drunk Without Consuming Alcohol
That's according to the report from the International Journal of Clinical Medicine. He was likely i…
Jennifer Welsh
A Bay Area startup is working to make 'air meat' using protein-producing microbes discovered by NASA
The company, appropriately named Air Protein, uses a technique discovered by NASA to convert carbon…
Aria Bendix
How to clean your home during corona pandemic: Tips by experts for effective cleaning to keep the disease causing microbes away
To clean your house effectively during corona pandemic you must first know the difference betwee…
Bacteria Is Turning Toxic Gold Flakes Into Little Gold Nuggets
"This finding is the first demonstration that a secreted metabolite can protect against toxic gold …
Agence France Presse
Before we put people on Mars, we should infect the planet with Earthly microbes, a group of scientists says
Accordingly, all equipment and rockets sent into space are carefully sterilized before leaving Eart…
Aylin Woodward
What happens to the human body after 100 years inside a coffin
And in a little over a year, your cotton clothes disintegrate, as acidic body fluids and toxins bre…
Gina Echevarria,Shira Polan
Newark's lead contamination crisis could be worse than Flint's. Residents say the city is handling it all wrong.
The eastern swath of Newark is served by the Wanaque treatment plant, where city officials used a d…
Aria Bendix
Here are some of the gaping holes in Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos' plans to conquer space
A second change astronauts undergo is to their microbiome. "There is as many cells in you, and on y…
Isobel Asher Hamilton,Isobel …
Oil-eating microbes found in the deepest part of the ocean could help clean up man-made oil spills
The deepest part of the infamous Mariana Trench - a 43-mile-wide crescent canyon that cuts its way …
Aylin Woodward
Deep below Alaskan ice, tiny life forms went untouched for 50,000 years. Scientists are probing them to improve the hunt for aliens.
Titan, specifically, is a prime candidate in the ongoing search for signs of extraterrestrial life.…
Aylin Woodward
uBiome just restarted lab operations, after the poop-testing startup brought back the lab director it laid off last week
"You may be aware that last week we temporarily paused processing Explorer samples while we execute…
Lydia Ramsey
A biologist once made cheese with belly-button bacteria. Here's how that's possible.
Now, for the most part, the microbes in your navel are harmless. In fact, recent studies suggest th…
Gene Kim,Benji Jones,Benji Jo…
What apple cider vinegar really does to your body, according to a doctor
Jones: That's because cider vinegar is an acid. In fact, most brands have a pH between 2 and 3, wh…
Benji Jones,Benji Jones
New York City waters have trillions of bacteria, fungi, and microbes. Watch what they look like through a microscope.
We were so mesmerized by these videos, we asked Warring to take us into the field with her. In earl…
Nathaniel Lee,Benji Jones,Ben…
uBiome convinced Silicon Valley that testing poop was worth $600 million. Then the FBI came knocking. Here's the inside story.
It was around this time that uBiome began to attract the attention of investors, renowned scientist…
Erin Brodwin
Composting human bodies to turn them into soil will soon be legal in one US state - part of a growing green death trend
The news is exciting for a startup called Recompose, which aims to provide consumers with a body-co…
Hilary Brueck
Babies can't eat honey because it can cause 'infant botulism' - here's what that means
So it's important that if your infant shows signs of weakness,you take them to be evaluated by medi…
David Anderson,Rebecca Wilkin
A Silicon Valley company that turns living things into products says it has a solution to the CBD industry's flavor problem
Last month, scientists at the University of California presented the first hard evidence that they …