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Bacteria Never Looked So Beautiful

Think of bacteria, and you probably think of illness, infection,and other unpleasantries. But this picture shows that they have a beautiful side after all.

30 March 2013

Geek Out

This Robot Vacuum Cleaner Eats Bacteria To Power Itself

Robot vacuum cleaners a great little gizmos… until they need to charge themselves. True, they’re intelligent enough these days to head to their charging station, but wouldn’t be awesome if it could use the bacteria it sucks up as an energy source? Yes, now that sounds like the future.

11 March 2013

Science

Scientists Discover New Form Of Antarctic Life

Near one of the poles, no less. I can’t be the only one having flashbacks to The Thing, can I?

8 March 2013

Science

How Do Insects Stay So Healthy? Their Wings Shred Bacteria

Have you ever seen an insect with an upset stomach or running a high fever? Probably not. It turns out that some insects have wings covered in nano-scale spikes that naturally tear bacteria to pieces.

22 February 2013

Mobile

These Are The Bacteria Lurking On Your Phone

Sure, your phone might look clean, but it isn’t really. In fact, it’s covered in bacteria — and this image shows how horrible they are.

31 January 2013

Science

Surprised Scientists Find Lifeforms 10km Above Earth’s Surface

For the first time, scientists have found lifeforms where nobody thought possible: floating in the troposphere, the slice of the atmosphere approximately 8-15km above Earth’s surface. And not just a tiny few, but lot: 20 per cent of every particle in that atmospheric layer are living organisms.

28 November 2012

Science

Super-Tough Antarctic Bacteria Provide Hope For Alien Life

Lake Vida in East Antarctica is seven times saltier than the sea, 13C below freezing and pitch black. It was a place researchers thought life would never exist — but they were wrong.

21 November 2012

Science

These Sand Castles Will Never Wash Away

Remember all the hard work you put into sand castles as a little kid? Crouching, scooping and shaping. It was tough! And it was always for naught because the stupid ocean would eventually swallow your castles whole and wash it away. What if you could make sand castles live forever, though? Turns out you can.

15 November 2012

Science

Here’s What’s Been Living Inside Your Belly Button

To anyone who’s ever had their nurturing nature questioned, science now offers an infallible retort in the form of your lush, thriving belly button growth.

4 October 2012

Science

Researchers Discover Bacteria That Can Produce Pure Gold

The gold you see in the photo above was not found in a river or a mine. It was produced by a bacteria that, according to researchers at Michigan State University, can survive in extreme toxic environments and create 24-karat gold nuggets. Pure gold.

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