We share our bodies with countless bacteria, viruses, and even fungi of which we have little or no awareness. The undersides of shrubs, the cracks in pavement and asphalt, the plumbing and crawl-spaces and back walls of cabinets in our homes, all provide spacious habitats for such invisble life. We walk through the world thinking of ourselves as ( Read more... )

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Are Gut Bacteria In Charge? : Discovery News

I've been reading Michael Gruber's Tropic of Night, a stunningly good novel of suspense. On pages 80-81 I encountered the following, part of a lecture given to a college audience by anthropologist Marcel Vierchau ( Read more... )

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Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new.And see ( Read more... )

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Step far enough back from the tree of life and it begins to look quite simple. At its heart are just three stout branches, ( Read more... )

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On her controversial ideas concerning natural selection, life, bacteria, communicable diseases, AIDS, intelligence, humans, and more. Contains the entire text from the DISCOVER interview with Lynn Margulis.