In a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, there’s a river with water so hot, it actually boils. In fact, it’s so extreme and so remote that for a long time, people thought the river was a ...

Most people see their kitchen as a clean space for preparing meals. Yet, some common kitchen items and areas can harbor more ...

Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye – yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

Previous insights into microbial communities in groundwater have been based primarily on more easily available samples of cells floating freely in the water. However, prior studies already indicated ...