Imagine a civilization that outnumbers humanity by six orders of magnitude. By one and a half million times. And it's not some bacteria.

posted by BSR 1 month ago • 24 views • 28:47

From Youtube, "In and out, in and out. Staying alive is about doing things. This very second, your cells are combusting glucose molecules with oxygen to make energy available, which keeps you alive for... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 4 months ago • 324 views • 11:05

YouTube description: This Valentine’s Day, send a little love to your bacterial buddies! Our microbes keep us healthy, but some bacteria give their animal companions superpowers, like immunity to... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month ago • 245 views • 12:11

YouTube description: A microscopic examination of dirty water before boiling and after boiling. The magnification in each shot is shown in the bottom right hand corner. Camera - Nikon D3300 ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,736 views • 4:33

Everyone holds in their pee every now and then. And that's okay! Just don't do it too often, or it could lead to some serious problems down the road.

posted by BSR 6 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 70 views • 3:05

YouTube description: Real indigo-dyed clothing is not like the blue you know. Richer than the chemical blues used on most fabrics today, real indigo dye comes from a plant and has a surprising range... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,390 views • 3:05

YouTube description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months ago • 398 views • 14:33

I built a natural draft furnace to test ideas about how hot a furnace could get without the use of bellows. Natural draft is the flow of air through a furnace due to rising hot air. The hot gasses in the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 454 views • 5:46

YouTube: Soaking in a hot tub is a great way to relax your tired body, but it also comes with some microbial risks.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months ago • 145 views • 3:03

YouTube: While we have long known about the existence of microbes — the tiny bacteria, fungi and archaea that live all around, on and in us — our full relationship has become one of the hottest topics... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 15 views • 6:39

Warning: May cause a germophobic episode! YouTube: We covered the Five Second Rule a couple years ago. And, just a few weeks ago, colleagues at the New York Times (and many other news sources) wrote... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 96 views • 5:43

This is without a doubt the most entertaining A Capella Science song yet. The song assumes you already know about Crispr-Cas9, so it never actually explains that it's a targeted gene editing technique... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 498 views • 6:07

YouTube: In freezing cold sand, a burning hot mine, or even inside solid rock – these extremophiles live anywhere that you wouldn’t want to live. What are they? How can they live in such extreme places?

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 15 views • 4:01

"Cleaner isn't always healthier."

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months ago • 302 views • 6:42

I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct from commonly occurring natural materials using... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 1,388 views • 4:32

YouTube: It may not look like it sitting in that cute bear bottle, but honey is a supercharged bacteria-killing powerhouse!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 724 views • 4:20

YouTube: Over it’s lifetime, the Earth has seen plenty of climate change. About 50 million years ago the planet experienced extreme cooling, and all from a little fern.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 357 views • 4:04