When you crawl into bed after a long day, you could be sleeping in dirt and bacteria if you do not regularly wash you sheets.

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A toxic algal bloom has reached the north lagoon of the Coorong for the first time, killing an unknown number of fish after ...

A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material ...

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Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

A protein that gives fleas their bounce has been used to boot out bacteria cells, with lab results demonstrating the material's potential for ...

New research suggests that exposure to daylight can boost the immune system, helping the body fight infections more ...

These tiny shards have turned up everywhere from the depths of the ocean to the top of Mount Everest to the human body.