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You Wouldn’t Have Chocolate Without Invisible Flies and Extreme Yeast
It takes a wild and temperamental menagerie to bring the beloved candy to store shelves. Bon appétit!
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Some Microbes Can Eat And Breathe Electricity
How many ways can life exist? Some recently discovered microbes can live on a cathode, apparently without the need for a carbon food-source
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You Eat Millions…Even Billions!…of Microbes Every Day
Yes, plenty of live microorganisms lurk in your yogurt, but they are everywhere else as well
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A Worm’s Gut Could Help Dispose of Plastic Trash
Microbes found in the guts of waxworms like to feast on polyethylene
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Public Bathroom Bacteria: Not as Gross as You’d Think
Public restrooms are of no more of a health risk than your own home
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A Tapeworm Crawled Around In This Man’s Brain for Years
Studying the extracted parasite might help others avoid a similar infestation
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Bed Bugs Can Transmit the Chagas Disease Parasite
The parasite is usually associated with Latin and South America, but was recently found throughout Louisiana, too
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Meet the Tiny Killer Causing Millions of Sea Stars to Waste Away
The deadly sea star wasting disease, which turns live animals into slimy goop, is caused by a previously unknown virus
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This Artist Makes E. coli-Shaped Popsicles
For those who prefer plants to pathogens, there’s popsicle cacti, too
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More Evidence That There’s a Connection Between a Person’s Gut Bacteria And Brain
Bacteria can affect your brain, but it’s still too early to do much with the information
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Seven Vampires That Aren’t Bats (Or Bela Lugosi)
From flying frogs to deep-sea squid, meet some of the other nosferatu of the animal kingdom
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You Don’t Even Want to Know About All the Stuff Living on Your Eyeball
Even eyes can’t escape the microbiome
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Your Microbes Get Jet Lagged, Too
When bacteria’s circadian rhythm is disrupted, they become worse at their jobs
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Unbelievable Reactions People Have Had to the Ebola Outbreak
For some, the disease is a chance to make money; for others, it brings out racism
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Saudi Arabia Makes MERS Preparations for Hajj
MERS has killed over 300 people in the past two years
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Your House’s Germs Are Yours, And They’ll Follow You If You Move
Your house is laced with microbes shed by your body
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Thousands of Microbe Species Live in This Buried Antarctic Lake
Drilling through half a mile of ice let scientists uncover the first solid evidence of life in a subglacial lake
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Eight Diseases To Watch Out For At the Beach
Forget sharks: These potentially deadly pathogens and parasites can lurk in sand and sea
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With an Untested New Drug, Two Ebola Patients Are Experiencing “Miraculous” Recovery
The drug, however, was not “top secret,” as some outlets have reported
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The Microbes That Make Cheese Taste Good Are Surprisingly Universal
Just a dozen different types of bacteria and fungi tend to dominate all different cheese types
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