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Microbes

Fibre may shield your digestive tract from an overabundance of dangerous bacteria.

January 17, 2025

Our body isn’t just human — it’s home to trillions of microorganisms found in or on us. In fact, there are more microbes in our

The Great Lakes food web is shifting as a result of the melting winter ice; this is how light is affecting underwater life.

June 20, 2024

Winters on the Great Lakes are harsh – so much so that the scientists who work there often focus on the summer months, when tiny

Do you crush microbes when you step on them?

June 29, 2023

Let’s think about what happens when you step on something. Any time you push or pull on an object, you exert a force on it. What happens after that depends on how much force you’re exerting and the properties of the object.