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Fire amoeba breaks limits of complex life
Scientists discover a single-celled organism that survives extreme heat, challenging what we thought possible for eukaryotic life.
NPR · 1m
Bacteria's space survival secret: a high energy bill
Scientists found bacteria's spore survival in hospitals and space costs too much energy to keep.
The Conversation · 1m
Bacteria evolved to eat Pittsburgh's industrial pollution
At old steel sites, microbes spent decades adapting to contamination and may hold the key to cleaning up brownfields.
The Conversation · 2m
How a Lab Diarrhea Outbreak Unlocked a Vaccine Blueprint
An unexpected two-year outbreak among 150 research primates yielded crucial molecular data for fighting a deadly bacterial pathogen.
Ars Technica · 2m