In a new study published today in the journal Cell, Mortha and his colleagues focused on a different category of microorganism called protozoa. These microbes are also single celled like bacteria, but ...

In his new book The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Consciousness, renowned neuroscientist Joseph E. LeDoux takes a broad view of the history of life. He examines ...

The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. These microbes help us digest food and absorb nutrients; they can ...