Dr. Neelendu Dey studies whether gut microbes can be harnessed to prevent and treat colon cancer. He factors the latest research into his lifestyle choices.

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Think your travel routine is hygienic? You might want to reconsider where you place your luggage after your next trip.

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Scientists at the University of Houston may have taken a big step toward solving one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. They’ve engineered sheets of bacterial cellulose (essentially ...

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With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

Melting glaciers in Greenland are unleashing hidden methane and shifting soils from carbon sinks to warming sources.

It’s hard to believe that there is something dirtier than a public toilet bowl — but there is, and it’s something that travelers use several times a year.

Human composting is one of many more environmentally-friendly alternatives to traditional burial and cremation that have become more common in the last five years, says Marion Friel, owner and funeral ...