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Microbes: The Keys of Life
When most people hear the words “bacteria”, “virus”, or “microbe”, their mind turns to thoughts and images of mold growing on oranges, outbreaks of influenza, and infected humans turning into zombies. However, there is so much more to microbes than just the story line of the next blockbuster movie. They were the foundation for all
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Playing in the Dirt: Microbes and Human Health
Microbes, while small in size, play a huge role in our lives. They are an important part of biogeochemical cycles, they can help mitigate environmental pollution and they may even be an invaluable resource for space exploration. They may also be the key to reducing human diseases. Humans evolved along side a rich array of
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Extremophiles: Beyond Earth Into the Great Expanse of Space
The thought of space exploration brings to mind the challenges that explorers would face during the time aboard a space vessel and the challenges they would face once a suitable planet or moon was found to settle on. The challenge of maintaining a self-sustaining life support system on a long journey across space seems daunting.
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Microbial Dark Matter: The Invisible Frontier
“Space, the Final Frontier” is a phrase that originated with the Star Trek television series in which Captain Kirk describes how the mission of the USS Enterprise is to “Explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before”. While Star Trek looked to
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