Bacterial prospectors take on the final frontier

Bacteria currently used as catalysts in earthbound mining processes could one day be used to extract critical elements in space...

Book review: The Making of You by Katherina Vestre

Image Credit: Locomomo via Flickr It is often said that the nine-month long construction of a new little human is...

During the rainy season, from mid-October to March, a small, bright yellow frog prowls the floor of the Brazilian Atlantic...

Sleeping sickness, caused by single celled species Trypanosoma brucei, is a fatal vector-borne parasitic disease. The parasite is found in...

Between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn can be found a diverse group of infectious diseases, most common in low...