How we study the microbes inside you
There are about a hundred trillion microbes living inside your gut — protecting you from infection, aiding digestion and regulating your immune system. As our… Read More »How we study the microbes inside you
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How Microbes Shape Our World
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and… Read More »How Microbes Shape Our World
The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor
For the uninitiated, wine talk can be puzzling. Oenophiles gush over hints of tobacco, pencil shavings, charred herbs, and loamy soil. It’s brawny, chewy, cedary,… Read More »The Bugs that Give Wine Its Flavor
The silent micro biome crisis
It is a crisis some scientists believe has similar proportions to climate change, but it gets much less coverage: Microbes are disappearing from our… Read More »The silent micro biome crisis