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The growing link between microbes, mood and mental health
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome. The best...
Alien biology: How will astronomers actually know if they've found extraterrestrial life?
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMicrobes in space, illustration Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY While nobody really...
'Extremely high' number of pneumonia cases strike kids in Ohio county
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA type of bacteria called Mycoplasma pneumoniae has caused some of the infections. (Image credit:...
Were viruses around on Earth before living cells emerged? A microbiologist explains
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMaybe the first life on Earth was part of an 'RNA world.' Artur Plawgo/Science Photo Library via...
How a Symbiotic Relationship Works
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAs anyone who's seen "Finding Nemo" can tell you, the clown fish and sea anemone exhibit a mutually beneficial relationship, also known as symbiosis....
What on Earth Is Humus—and Why Should Homeowners Care?
Bob Vila via Yahoo News· 1 month agoHands Holding Garden Soil Q: My neighbor recently told me that the secret to his lush lawn and...
The best probiotic-rich foods and how to eat them, according to an RD
TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhat are probiotics? Probiotics are live organisms in amounts known to provide health benefits. A...
Life might have been possible just seconds after the Big Bang
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoSome physicists have hypothesized that in the earliest moments of the Big Bang, the forces of nature...
Are Processed Foods Really That Bad?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHow to know which processed foods have nutritional value SDI Productions / Getty Images Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways Anything you eat that...
Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoViruses are apparently no exception to the dog-eat-dog world that is nature. In a recent study,...