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Life

Resurrected organisms reveal life鈥檚 bare essentials

Reanimating cells and animals that are centuries or millennia old can offer surprising insights into what it takes to be alive

meteorites landing on early Earth

Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

Open-heart surgery

Health

Deadly infection spread by contaminated heart surgery machines

Environment

First living example of giant ancient mollusc found in the wild

Two pairs of bare legs facing each other, underwear around their ankles

Health

Unprotected sex may disrupt the microbiome in vagina

radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

Life

Giant viruses may just be small viruses that stole hosts鈥� genes

Emily Morris

Health

Living with a superbug: My next infection could be my last

Health

Recoded organism paves way to new genetic language of life

Earth

Raindrops make soil bacteria take off and fly through air

When raindrops hit the ground, they throw microbes into the air in aerosols 鈥� with possible implications for the climate, agriculture and diseases

Earth

Traces in rock may be the oldest evidence of life on Earth ever

Health

Next-gen microbiome drugs are now on sale 鈥� should you buy them?

Environment

Seagrass meadows help remove dangerous bacteria from ocean water

Health

Stinky armpits? Bacteria from a less smelly person can fix them