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New Squid Genome Shines Light on Symbiotic Evolution

By Laura Poppick
February 19, 2019
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Researchers hope that the genes of a glowing squid can illuminate how animals evolved organs for beneficial bacteria.

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Should Evolution Treat Our Microbes as Part of Us?

By Jonathan Lambert
November 20, 2018
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How does evolution select the fittest “individuals” when they are ecosystems made up of hosts and their microbiomes? Biologist debate the need to revise theories.

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On Waste Plastics at Sea, She Finds Unique Microbial Multitudes

By Elizabeth Svoboda
September 13, 2018
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Maria-Luiza Pedrotti is illuminating the unseen worlds of plastic-eating bacteria that teem in massive ocean garbage patches.

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Simpler Math Tames the Complexity of Microbe Networks

By Jordana Cepelewicz
January 19, 2018
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The dizzying network of interactions within microbe communities can defy analysis. But a new approach simplifies the math and makes progress possible.

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How Bacteria Help Regulate Blood Pressure

By Veronique Greenwood
November 30, 2017
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Kidneys sniff out signals from gut bacteria for cues to lower blood pressure after meals. Our understanding of how the symbiotic microbes affect health is becoming much more molecular.

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Below Our Feet, a World of Hidden Life

By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 16, 2015
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The soil teems with billions of hidden microbes. Researchers have begun to catalog how these organisms are changing the world.

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Evolving With a Little Help From Our Friends

By Carrie Arnold
June 4, 2014
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A new theory suggests that cooperation between a host and its microbes may be a significant evolutionary force.

Data Driven: The New Big Science

Our Bodies, Our Data

By Emily Singer
October 7, 2013
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New technologies have launched the life sciences into the age of big data. Biologists must now make sense of their windfall.


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