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5,300-Year-Old Microbes From Ötzi the Iceman Are Still Showing Signs Of Life – And Growing In A LabThe feet of Otzi the iceman being examined by a scientists

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5,300-Year-Old Microbes From Ötzi the Iceman Are Still Showing Signs Of Life – And Growing In A LabThe feet of Otzi the iceman being examined by a scientists
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5,300-Year-Old Microbes From Ötzi the Iceman Are Still Showing Signs Of Life – And Growing In A Lab

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Microbial Fingerprinting: Can The Unique Makeup Of Your Microbiome Be Used In Forensics?crime scene do not cross tape over a crime scene

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Microbial Fingerprinting: Can The Unique Makeup Of Your Microbiome Be Used In Forensics?crime scene do not cross tape over a crime scene
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Microbial Fingerprinting: Can The Unique Makeup Of Your Microbiome Be Used In Forensics?

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The Age-Old "Grandmother Rule" Of Washing Is Backed By ScienceA woman in a bath tub bathering.

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The Age-Old "Grandmother Rule" Of Washing Is Backed By ScienceA woman in a bath tub bathering.
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The Age-Old "Grandmother Rule" Of Washing Is Backed By Science

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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?A woman's navel, belly button

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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?A woman's navel, belly button
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Why Does My Belly Button Smell?

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Could This Molecule Be The Answer To Growing Old Gracefully?Portrait, half and women faces in studio. Face, eyes and different closeup by women posing with youth, and fine lines.

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Could This Molecule Be The Answer To Growing Old Gracefully?Portrait, half and women faces in studio. Face, eyes and different closeup by women posing with youth, and fine lines.
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Could This Molecule Be The Answer To Growing Old Gracefully?

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The ISS Might Be Too Clean For Astronauts’ HealthWhen thinking about what the ISS needs most few people might say bacteria, but de spite growing the lettuce shown here and other vegetables, the place is too clean.

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The ISS Might Be Too Clean For Astronauts’ HealthWhen thinking about what the ISS needs most few people might say bacteria, but de spite growing the lettuce shown here and other vegetables, the place is too clean.
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The ISS Might Be Too Clean For Astronauts’ Health

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How Does Diet Affect Gut Microbiome? Study Of 21,000 People Reveals Alla skillet with lots of colorful roasted vegetables

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How Does Diet Affect Gut Microbiome? Study Of 21,000 People Reveals Alla skillet with lots of colorful roasted vegetables
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How Does Diet Affect Gut Microbiome? Study Of 21,000 People Reveals All

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Could We Topple The Planet’s Deadliest Animal With Engineered Human Skin Microbes?a person spraying mosquito repellent on their skin

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Could We Topple The Planet’s Deadliest Animal With Engineered Human Skin Microbes?a person spraying mosquito repellent on their skin
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Could We Topple The Planet’s Deadliest Animal With Engineered Human Skin Microbes?

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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their YoungA lemur is sitting on a tree stump with her infant cradled to her breast. The female lemur is directly facing the camera and she is hanging her feet off the log. There is some vegetation to the left of the stump and a fence in the background.

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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their YoungA lemur is sitting on a tree stump with her infant cradled to her breast. The female lemur is directly facing the camera and she is hanging her feet off the log. There is some vegetation to the left of the stump and a fence in the background.
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Mathematical Model Explains Why Male Mammals Do Not Breastfeed Their Young

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Probiotics Vs Prebiotics: What's The Difference?collage representing probiotics and prebiotics

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Probiotics Vs Prebiotics: What's The Difference?collage representing probiotics and prebiotics
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Probiotics Vs Prebiotics: What's The Difference?

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Semen Microbiomes, Keto Diets, And IVF Advances – Here’s The Latest In Fertility ResearchCollage representing the latest developments in fertility research - images of keto diet foods, artificial insemination, and a 3D illustration of sperm.

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Semen Microbiomes, Keto Diets, And IVF Advances – Here’s The Latest In Fertility ResearchCollage representing the latest developments in fertility research - images of keto diet foods, artificial insemination, and a 3D illustration of sperm.
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Semen Microbiomes, Keto Diets, And IVF Advances – Here’s The Latest In Fertility Research

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Tongue Scraper: What Are The Benefits And How Does It Work?Close-up of a woman’s open mouth using a tongue scraper to clean her oral cavity.

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Tongue Scraper: What Are The Benefits And How Does It Work?Close-up of a woman’s open mouth using a tongue scraper to clean her oral cavity.
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Tongue Scraper: What Are The Benefits And How Does It Work?

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What Is The Oral Microbiome? How Microbes In Our Mouths Affect Our HealthGraphic of an open mouth with teeth and tongue. A small silver instrument shows the bacteria in a green graphic style.

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What Is The Oral Microbiome? How Microbes In Our Mouths Affect Our HealthGraphic of an open mouth with teeth and tongue. A small silver instrument shows the bacteria in a green graphic style.
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What Is The Oral Microbiome? How Microbes In Our Mouths Affect Our Health

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Why Is Pee Yellow? Thank Your Gut BacteriaWhite toilet bowl filled with yellow urine

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Why Is Pee Yellow? Thank Your Gut BacteriaWhite toilet bowl filled with yellow urine
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Why Is Pee Yellow? Thank Your Gut Bacteria

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“Obelisks”: New Class Of Virus-Like Entity Discovered In Human Gut MicrobesIllustration of intestinal bacteria in the gut

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“Obelisks”: New Class Of Virus-Like Entity Discovered In Human Gut MicrobesIllustration of intestinal bacteria in the gut
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“Obelisks”: New Class Of Virus-Like Entity Discovered In Human Gut Microbes

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