Microbiology
The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion
By simulating ecological networks with microbes, researchers revealed properties that may make natural communities susceptible to invasion
Hunting For the Grandma of All Eukaryotes
The origins of life may lie in a mysterious life form at the bottom of the sea
Your Dishwasher Could Harbor the Next Chonkus
Scientists want your help identifying marvelous new extremophiles
Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia
Author Thomas Levenson on writing his new book So Very Small about humanity's struggle to accept germs' threats
The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death
At the dawn of microbiology, scientists glimpsed unseen worlds and stumbled into a philosophical purgatory
Medicine Is Going Viral
Once lost in scientific obscurity, bacteriophage therapy is making a comeback.
Your Cells Are Dying. All The Time.
Some go gently into the night. Others die in freak accidents or deadly invasions, or after a showy display.
The Bacteria That Revolutionized the World
How cyanobacteria killed one climate and created our habitable Earth.
