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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil ReanalysisVisible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed that emerged in the current Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul

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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil ReanalysisVisible to the naked eye, fossilized bacteria or algae were found in an ancient seabed that emerged in the current Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul
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"Science Is Always Evolving": Earth's Earliest "Animals" Revealed To Be Something Completely Different By Stunning Fossil Reanalysis

clock-iconMay 20, 2026

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Move Aside Animals – Some Places In The US Have Official State MicrobesIndividual colonies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast growing on solid YPD nutrient medim

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Move Aside Animals – Some Places In The US Have Official State MicrobesIndividual colonies of Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast growing on solid YPD nutrient medim
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Move Aside Animals – Some Places In The US Have Official State Microbes

clock-iconMay 12, 2026

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A Rotifer Got Buried In The Siberian Permafrost. 24,000 Years Later, It Came Back To Life.Bdelloid rotifer under a microscope.

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A Rotifer Got Buried In The Siberian Permafrost. 24,000 Years Later, It Came Back To Life.Bdelloid rotifer under a microscope.
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A Rotifer Got Buried In The Siberian Permafrost. 24,000 Years Later, It Came Back To Life.

clock-iconApril 14, 2026

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Teamwork Lets Bacteria Consume Plastic Waste No Species Can Tackle Aloneview over a beach towards the sea with lots of plastic litter

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Teamwork Lets Bacteria Consume Plastic Waste No Species Can Tackle Aloneview over a beach towards the sea with lots of plastic litter
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Teamwork Lets Bacteria Consume Plastic Waste No Species Can Tackle Alone

clock-iconMarch 18, 2026

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Bacteria That Literally Eat Tumors From The Inside Out May Be The Future Of Cancer Treatment3D illustration of rod-shaped bacteria in a biofilm

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Bacteria That Literally Eat Tumors From The Inside Out May Be The Future Of Cancer Treatment3D illustration of rod-shaped bacteria in a biofilm
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Bacteria That Literally Eat Tumors From The Inside Out May Be The Future Of Cancer Treatment

clock-iconFebruary 25, 2026
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Miles Below Earth's Surface, Scientists Found A Giant Ecosystem Teeming With LifeA deep hole used as mine in the red desert

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Miles Below Earth's Surface, Scientists Found A Giant Ecosystem Teeming With LifeA deep hole used as mine in the red desert
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Miles Below Earth's Surface, Scientists Found A Giant Ecosystem Teeming With Life

clock-iconAugust 25, 2025
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First Giant Virus To Be Found In Finland Is A Whopper, Twice The Size Of InfluenzaTwo images showing the giant virus. The one on the left is a black and white microscope image of the virus, showing five of the virus particles which have hexagonal shapes surrounding a larger blog. Next to this is a digital reconstruction of the virus showing its shape as well as a cross section of its interior.

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First Giant Virus To Be Found In Finland Is A Whopper, Twice The Size Of InfluenzaTwo images showing the giant virus. The one on the left is a black and white microscope image of the virus, showing five of the virus particles which have hexagonal shapes surrounding a larger blog. Next to this is a digital reconstruction of the virus showing its shape as well as a cross section of its interior.
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First Giant Virus To Be Found In Finland Is A Whopper, Twice The Size Of Influenza

clock-iconApril 26, 2025
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Are You Washing Your Reusable Water Bottle Enough? Probably Not, Research SuggestsClose-up of female hand holding reusable, steel thermo shiny bottle for water, on the background of clear water of a lake with a turquoise hue.

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Are You Washing Your Reusable Water Bottle Enough? Probably Not, Research SuggestsClose-up of female hand holding reusable, steel thermo shiny bottle for water, on the background of clear water of a lake with a turquoise hue.
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Are You Washing Your Reusable Water Bottle Enough? Probably Not, Research Suggests

clock-iconMarch 26, 2025
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Do Extreme Microbes Live Outside The ISS? Yesterday's Spacewalk Will Help Find OutThe image shows astronaut Suni Williams attache to the tobotic arm. The end is about a quarter of her size and it extends for a fair bit. a portion of the earth is visible behind it over exposed

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Do Extreme Microbes Live Outside The ISS? Yesterday's Spacewalk Will Help Find OutThe image shows astronaut Suni Williams attache to the tobotic arm. The end is about a quarter of her size and it extends for a fair bit. a portion of the earth is visible behind it over exposed
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Do Extreme Microbes Live Outside The ISS? Yesterday's Spacewalk Will Help Find Out

clock-iconJanuary 31, 2025
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Miles Below Earth's Surface, A Diverse Array Of Underground Life ThrivesAlmost 3 kilometers deep beneath the surface in a South African gold mine, researchers found live microbes that have been trapped in the rock for 1 billion years.

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Miles Below Earth's Surface, A Diverse Array Of Underground Life ThrivesAlmost 3 kilometers deep beneath the surface in a South African gold mine, researchers found live microbes that have been trapped in the rock for 1 billion years.
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Miles Below Earth's Surface, A Diverse Array Of Underground Life Thrives

clock-iconJanuary 27, 2025
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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still AliveAncient microbial cells stained green

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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still AliveAncient microbial cells stained green
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2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still Alive

clock-iconOctober 4, 2024
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Watch Today’s Spacewalk Live As Astronauts Hunt For Microbes In OrbitAn astronaut outside the ISS on a spacewalk with Earth in the background.

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Watch Today’s Spacewalk Live As Astronauts Hunt For Microbes In OrbitAn astronaut outside the ISS on a spacewalk with Earth in the background.
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Watch Today’s Spacewalk Live As Astronauts Hunt For Microbes In Orbit

clock-iconJune 13, 2024
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Decomposing Human Corpses Have Been Found To Share One Curious Characteristicmaggots on decaying organic matter

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Decomposing Human Corpses Have Been Found To Share One Curious Characteristicmaggots on decaying organic matter
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Decomposing Human Corpses Have Been Found To Share One Curious Characteristic

clock-iconFebruary 12, 2024
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Mars Could Be A Haven For Bacteria That Make Humans SickTwo astronauts on a brown-orange sandy hill, kneeling to pick up something

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Mars Could Be A Haven For Bacteria That Make Humans SickTwo astronauts on a brown-orange sandy hill, kneeling to pick up something
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Mars Could Be A Haven For Bacteria That Make Humans Sick

clock-iconFebruary 5, 2024
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Does Honey Go Bad?Honey in glass jar on a wooden floor.

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Does Honey Go Bad?Honey in glass jar on a wooden floor.
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Does Honey Go Bad?

clock-iconJanuary 25, 2024
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