"Venter says that efforts to synthesise his minimal genome from scratch are still in progress, but once it is ready, the transplant method should allow the first bacterium with a synthetic genome

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Good candidate for headline of the month.

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"Derelict rocket stages that propelled four spacecraft toward the edges of our solar system and beyond are likely carrying Earthly bacteria out into the galaxy." Whooo! Reverse panspermia -

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"...scientists there have developed a new technology that uses bacteria DNA as a medium for storing data long-term, even for thousands of years." They've tested that millennial data life-spa

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"...bacteria and viruses constantly exchange transposable chunks of DNA between species, thus making it possible for life forms to evolve faster than they would if they relied only on sexual sele

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"Here we propose that the radioresistance (tolerance to ionizing radiation) observed in several terrestrial bacteria has a martian origin." This is in a *peer-reviewed* journal, folks.

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"Researchers at the University of Warwick are examining a way of using bacteria to manufacture a new suite of potential anti-cancer drugs that are difficult to create synthetically on a lab bench

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"Once fully developed, the biodegradable absorbent wipe would contain nanofibers containing antibodies to numerous biohazards and chemicals and would signal by changing color or through another e

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"Researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a micromotor powered by the movement of bacteria." That is just unbelievably

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Ladies and gentlemen, we present you...Panspermia 2.0. Eyethangyow.

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Magic bugs eat chocolate and make enrgy

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Why does the West use antibiotics instead of phages? Because phages are hard to patent.

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Boulders blasted away from the Earth's surface after a major impact could have travelled all the way to the outer solar system, new calculations reveal.

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Will feeding your dog raw a raw food diet give it bacteria or parasites?

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Bugs in the News

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The very thing that makes raw milk dangerous, its dirtiness, may make people healthier, and pasteurization could be cleansing beneficial bacteria from milk.

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Worm composting is the method of utilizing worms and bacteria into turning food scraps and other organic matter worms eat into vermicompost, a nutrient-rich soil conditioner and natural fertilizer.

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A ready supply of food in case of an emergency is a very important reason to start your own food preservation. Your family will have food to eat if a disaster hits and you cannot go to a store.

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Choose virus, bacteria, or parasite and infect the world!

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