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Mars looks familiar in telescope images, but its thin air, deep cold and radiation soaked surface would kill an unprotected ...

An international research team has uncovered compelling evidence that gut-microbe-derived molecules may play an important ...

That includes cleanrooms where spacecrafts are assembled. These places are designed to minimize dust and microorganisms in ...

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

The vast community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract–the gut microbiome, has many close links to human health..

Scientists trace an ancient microbe, Asgard archaea, that gave rise to humans, animals, and plants more than 2 billion years ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

Evolutionary diagrams usually connect humans and monkeys with common primate ancestors, but now, scientists say there’s a missing link that deserves a spot on that family tree – our bacteria, fungi, ...

A new study reveals how gut bacteria may initiate ulcerative colitis by weakening immune defenses before inflammation occurs.