15 January 2020
Since the discovery of Asgard archaea in 2015, evidence has mounted that these peculiar single-celled organisms could be the source of all complex life – including us
14 January 2020
The microbes that live inside you say more than your genes do about your likelihood of developing health conditions ranging from asthma to cancer and schizophrenia
27 November 2019
Exercising helps some people avoid developing diabetes but not others, and we may now know why: it could be down to features of the human gut microbiome
23 October 2019
Mice without healthy gut bacteria have a hard time moving on from fearful situations, adding to evidence that the microbiome influences how the mammalian brain works
20 October 2019
One man in the US has started producing beer in his gut after a course of antibiotics allowed brewer’s yeast to outcompete the other microbes in his microbiome
1 October 2019
A study of people in an intensive care unit has found that being in hospital can lead to harmful strains of bacteria taking over your microbiome
22 August 2019
The Atacama Desert is one of the most hostile places on Earth, but new microbes arrive there every day on dust grains carried by the wind
11 August 2019
We’ve long known that bacteria can evolve resistance to antibiotics but now it looks like other drugs, including ibuprofen, may help this resistance spread
9 August 2019
At last, scientists have managed to grow, study and photograph a mysterious deep-sea microbe that could explain the evolutionary origin of our complex cells
27 June 2019
A dip in the sea can completely change the microbes on your skin, replacing your natural mix with bacteria from the ocean
