#Microbes

From cheddar to camembert, some of our favourite varieties of cheese harbour a surprising secret to better digestion.

Crewed missions to the lunar polar regions must limit the unintended transfer of Earth life forms, say scientists

On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there is Zostera muelleri.…

Beneath the beauty of coral reefs lies a hidden universe of microbes unlike anything scientists expected. Each coral species supports its own specialized microbial partners, many of which have never been studied before.…

From Latest articles | smithsonianmag.com: Why Do Cows Burp Up So Much Planet-Warming Methane? A Newly Discovered Structure in Their Gut Microbes Could Be a Culprit

When cows burp, they send a substantial amount of methane gas into the air, which makes them a leading contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.…

From Independent RSS Feed: How gut bacteria linked to muscle strength could help fight ageing

Researchers have developed a powerful new tool that can track how microbes spread between people with unprecedented precision, offering new ways to prevent infections and improve treatments in the future.…

by: Marsha Anderson Good soil is crucial to a productive garden. Healthy soil will contain live microbes that are mostly dormant when soil...

[Revised entry by Maureen A. O’Malley and Emily C. Parke on April 10, 2026. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography, notes.html] Why should philosophers pay attention to microbes?…