microbes

Earthly Microbes Might Survive on Mars for Hundreds of Millions of Years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 8, 2022
An organism nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” may have what it takes to live on Mars

By David Aragorn
Deep-sea microbe sheds light on primordial evolutionary milestone 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- January 16, 2020
A microorganism scooped up in deep-sea mud off Japan’s coast has helped scientists unlock the mystery of one of the watershed evolutionary events for life on Earth: the transition from the simple cells that first colonized the planet to complex cellular life – fungi, plants and animals including people.

By David Aragorn
Build ‘Noah’s ark’ for beneficial gut microbes, scientists say 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 6, 2018
Repository would store ‘friendly’ germs from the intestines of people in remote communities for future medical treatments

By David Aragorn
One of history’s worst epidemics may have been caused by a common microbe 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- January 19, 2018
The symptoms were unlike anything the doctors of the time had seen.

By David Aragorn
These May Be the Deepest Traces of Life on Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- April 14, 2017
A hidden ecosystem seems to lurk six miles below the Mariana Trench, offering clues for finding life across the solar system.

By David Aragorn
Single bacteria grows 60 percent better on the International Space Station than on Earth 0
- From Around the Web
- March 23, 2016
Researchers grew microbes collected from sports teams, historical monuments, museums, spacecraft, and schools and sent them to the International Space Station (ISS) for growth in space. While most of the microbes looked similar on Earth and in space, one type of bacteria actually grew much better in space.

By Around the Web Editor