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Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they're not from space

The unexpected discovery of microbial life in a piece of rock from an asteroid shows how hard it is to avoid contaminating samples brought back to Earth

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Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they're not from space

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Your gut bacteria are at war - and force their enemies to switch sides

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Motor made from bacteria parts is one of the smallest ever built

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Bacteria can work as a team to spot prime numbers and vowels

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Bacteria on the space station are evolving for life in space

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Even simple bacteria can anticipate the changing seasons

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Shewanella oneidensis bacteria. Computer illustration of Shewanella oneidensis metal-reducing bacteria. This extremophile bacteria is able to convert toxic metals and compounds, such as uranium, chromium and technetium, into water-insoluble forms. This ability could one day be used to clean contaminated ground-water.

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Engineered bacteria destroy antibiotic resistance DNA in wastewater

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A surprisingly wide range of bacteria live inside microwaves

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Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

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Fractal pattern identified at molecular scale in nature for first time

An enzyme in a cyanobacterium can take the unusual form a triangle containing ever-smaller triangular gaps, making a fractal pattern

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A human skeleton at a prehistoric burial site in southern Brazil, where evidence of bacteria similar to syphilis have been found

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Syphilis-like bacteria found in 2000-year-old human remains in Brazil

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A bacterium switches from prey to predator when it gets cold

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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The unlikely extremophiles lurking in your kitchen

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Plants thrive in lunar soil with help from phosphorus-making bacteria

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