What makes a baker’s hands different from anyone else’s hands? And how does flour, water, bacteria and wild yeast from the air result in something as delicious and as unique as a loaf of sourdough? Biologist Rob Dunn wanted to find out.
Just like a human being, a house or office has its own microbiome, with good and bad microorganisms. One researcher has a targeted idea: to customize our spaces with the right microbes.
Science writer Sonia Shah explains why it’s really not your fault you’re attracted to that terrible person.
This freshly drawn Tree of Life contains a new branch full of microbes — which appear to dominate Earth’s biodiversity. How did we miss that? TED Fellow Hélène Morlon explains.
Cave explorer Francesco Sauro shares astonishing images from a trip into what might just be the oldest caves in the world … carved into the quartzite Tepui mountains of Venezuela.
