Bacteria

Around one in 10 people who get infected with the bacteria die.

Cyanobacteria could be harnessed by space colonists to produce oxygen and create a biosphere in which humans can live.

How many bacteria are alive today that could cause pandemics in the future?

Typhoid is most commonly spread via contaminated food and water.

These scientists are sticking to paper towels.

“We’re kind of giving bacteria amnesia,” study author Gerard Wong told Newsweek.

A new study has found that rubber ducks are teeming with potentially harmful bacteria and fungi. But it's not the only household item with a dirty secret.

Science has documented just two other cases of this bacteria infecting humans—and none quite like this.

A single gene is responsible for this extraordinary feat.

This bacteria has a pretty cool super power.

Artificial cold air sometimes smells bad and science is on it.

Results from taste tests were not immediately available.

“Raw water” basically means contaminated water. And contaminated water means water that can make you sick.

What does this mean for life beyond Earth?

The discovery opens up the tantalizing possibility that on other planets, life forms that need only atmospheric gas to survive exist, too.

A new study reveals that fast food restaurants are surprisingly clean.

The prokaryotic fossils represent the planet’s oldest-known form of life.

When the steppe peoples entered Europe in a bid to leave the plague behind, they would have unwittingly introduced the bacterium to entirely new populations which had never encountered it.

Yes, you could even make chicken sashimi at home, but please don't.

This process could revolutionize how bioplastics are produced.

A recent study finds that hereditary bacteria play a small role in determining whether we develop cavities.

A BBC investigation found “concerning” levels of the bacteria in the ice used by coffee chains in the U.K.

Another reason to wash your hands more often.

Scientists found that the Venus’s hair bacteria had managed to take over miles of seafloor around the Tagoro volcano, near the Canary Islands.

Research offers hints that infection could alter brain chemistry and function, but research funding is hard to achieve.

How, scientifically, intestinal bacteria may be inhibiting your weight loss efforts.

A bacterial infection is killing millions every year and growing stronger and more resistant to treatment by the day. So why aren’t we rushing to stop it?

A researcher has invented a cheap filter paper that removes more than 99.9 percent of bacteria from water.

Information on what causes this psychiatric illness may be found inside the mouth.

This form of bacterial pneumonia could take your breath away.