Health
Your gut’s trick for controlling the bacteria that live in it
How do our bodies stop gut bacteria from taking over? The first evidence shows our cells send small molecules in to interfere with their genes
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Health
Mining the hidden treasure of the world’s unknown bacteria
Features
Life
3 billion-year-old fossils show early microbes lived in cavities
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Humans
Farting: The questions you’re too embarrassed to ask
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Environment
Resistance to last-resort antibiotic has now spread across globe
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Health
We have a duty to use my gene-editing technology responsibly
Opinion
Health
Gut bacteria may affect the success of cancer treatments
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Health
Self-sacrificing immune cells spew out DNA nets to trap invaders
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Life
Seabed superorganism uses electricity to lock up greenhouse gas
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Health
3D printed teeth to keep your mouth free of bacteria
A new plastic full of special salts that fight bacteria could be the stuff of dentures in the future
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Earth
Bacterial genes that turn mercury lethal mapped across world
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Health
Drug could kill harmful bacteria but leave benign ones untouched
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Health
Humans walk around in our own personal cloud of airborne bugs
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Environment
Key enzyme helps country kids ward off allergies and asthma
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