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Childhood Exposure To A Specific Toxin May Lead To Colorectal Cancer In Younger PeopleA 3D render of a large intestine with a tumor glowing in red

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Childhood Exposure To A Specific Toxin May Lead To Colorectal Cancer In Younger PeopleA 3D render of a large intestine with a tumor glowing in red
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Childhood Exposure To A Specific Toxin May Lead To Colorectal Cancer In Younger People

clock-iconApril 28, 2025
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"Living Skin": New Category Of Microbes Found To Dominate Earth's Critical ZoneTop soil microbes under a microscope.

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"Living Skin": New Category Of Microbes Found To Dominate Earth's Critical ZoneTop soil microbes under a microscope.
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"Living Skin": New Category Of Microbes Found To Dominate Earth's Critical Zone

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New Test For Life On Mars Could Help Prove We Are Not Alone In The UniverseThe north pole of Mars.

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New Test For Life On Mars Could Help Prove We Are Not Alone In The UniverseThe north pole of Mars.
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New Test For Life On Mars Could Help Prove We Are Not Alone In The Universe

clock-iconFebruary 6, 2025
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Newly Discovered Amazonian Microbes Could Have Massive Influence On Climate ChangeThe photo shows Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz collecting samples in the dense tropical forest. He is wearing a loose cream-coloured shirt that has become damp and mud-splattered and he has a large pole-like device resting against his shoulder while he writes notes. The forest surrounding him is thick and lush.

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Newly Discovered Amazonian Microbes Could Have Massive Influence On Climate ChangeThe photo shows Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz collecting samples in the dense tropical forest. He is wearing a loose cream-coloured shirt that has become damp and mud-splattered and he has a large pole-like device resting against his shoulder while he writes notes. The forest surrounding him is thick and lush.
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Newly Discovered Amazonian Microbes Could Have Massive Influence On Climate Change

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Bacteria In This US Lake Evolve In A Never-Ending LoopLake Mendota in Wisconsin

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Bacteria In This US Lake Evolve In A Never-Ending LoopLake Mendota in Wisconsin
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Bacteria In This US Lake Evolve In A Never-Ending Loop

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Strange Lifeforms Dwell In Earth's Crust And Some May Live For Millions Of YearsA cliff showing the geological cut of the earths crust.

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Strange Lifeforms Dwell In Earth's Crust And Some May Live For Millions Of YearsA cliff showing the geological cut of the earths crust.
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Strange Lifeforms Dwell In Earth's Crust And Some May Live For Millions Of Years

clock-iconDecember 10, 2024
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Those Strange Green Blobs On Your Grass Might Be “Troll’s Butter”Photograph of a colony of Nostoc commune, a cyanobacteria species that when hydrated, becomes dark green and slimy

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Those Strange Green Blobs On Your Grass Might Be “Troll’s Butter”Photograph of a colony of Nostoc commune, a cyanobacteria species that when hydrated, becomes dark green and slimy
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Those Strange Green Blobs On Your Grass Might Be “Troll’s Butter”

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Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!the asteroid is a grey rhombus against the black of space. it is has a rough surface with several boulders visible on it.

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Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!the asteroid is a grey rhombus against the black of space. it is has a rough surface with several boulders visible on it.
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Asteroid Sample Was Quickly Taken Over By Life – In A Sterilized Environment!

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Fermented Foods: Good For Your Gut Or Delicious Nonsense?illustration of the human gut, surrounded by drawings of bacteria and fermented foods

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Fermented Foods: Good For Your Gut Or Delicious Nonsense?illustration of the human gut, surrounded by drawings of bacteria and fermented foods
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Fermented Foods: Good For Your Gut Or Delicious Nonsense?

clock-iconNovember 16, 2024
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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovereddeep-sea coral Callogorgia delta and pink-coloured brittle stars in the Gulf of Mexico

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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovereddeep-sea coral Callogorgia delta and pink-coloured brittle stars in the Gulf of Mexico
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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovered

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Your Toothbrush Is A Viral Biodiversity Hotspot – And It’s A Good ThingColourful toothbrushes in a glass container in a bathroom

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Your Toothbrush Is A Viral Biodiversity Hotspot – And It’s A Good ThingColourful toothbrushes in a glass container in a bathroom
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Your Toothbrush Is A Viral Biodiversity Hotspot – And It’s A Good Thing

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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still AliveAncient microbial cells stained green

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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still AliveAncient microbial cells stained green
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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still Alive

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First-Ever Loch Ness Holograms Reveal "Micro-Monsters" Are Lurking In Its Watersa sign for loch ness in front of the loch

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First-Ever Loch Ness Holograms Reveal "Micro-Monsters" Are Lurking In Its Watersa sign for loch ness in front of the loch
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First-Ever Loch Ness Holograms Reveal "Micro-Monsters" Are Lurking In Its Waters

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Methane-Producing Microbes Unlike Any Seen Before Found In Yellowstone’s Hot SpringsYellowstone National Park hot spring

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Methane-Producing Microbes Unlike Any Seen Before Found In Yellowstone’s Hot SpringsYellowstone National Park hot spring
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Methane-Producing Microbes Unlike Any Seen Before Found In Yellowstone’s Hot Springs

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert

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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot DesertYungay Playa in the Atacama Desert
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Hidden Bacteria “Biosphere” Found Lurking 4 Meters Beneath Earth’s Driest Hot Desert

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