The secret to long life or early aging is… poop?

Poop transplants could be the secret to long life. Ugh.

By Cassidy Ward 1 week ago

Scientists recorded the sound of a single bacterium

It's the world's smallest and loneliest disco.

By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago

Life-forms on Earth probably emerged way earlier than we thought

Like, 300 million years earlier.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago

Chocoholics can’t resist chocolate because science

The magic comes from microbes.

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 month ago

These shapeshifting viruses live in near-boiling acid, and they could save your life

It's like the world's tiniest werewolf taking an acid bath for fun.

By Cassidy Ward 1 month ago

On frozen planets, there might be aliens at the end of the rainbow 

It's definitely weirder than a pot of gold.

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

Alien microbes are most likely to be crawling in these parts of the solar system

If they do exist, they'd put the "extreme" in "extremophile."

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago

Porta-potties existed in the ancient world too

…except they were much less sanitary.

By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago

Could astronauts float around without losing muscle? Hibernating creatures might know how

An answer for microgravity muscle loss? Look down to Earth.

By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago

Were worms pooping silver 500 million years ago?

Worm coprolites glittered with something strange that wasn't supposed to be there — silver. 

By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago