I'm back! This episode: Gut microbes enhance the effectiveness of cancer therapies! Download Episode  (10.7 MB, 11.7 minutes) Sh...

This episode: Marine worms and their microbial symbionts can live on the toxic gas carbon monoxide! Reminder: this is the last episode for...

Just to let you know, I'm trying to finish up my dissertation and graduate in the next few months, so after episode 240, I will be putti...

This episode: Of genes that are similar in yeast and humans, almost half of the yeast versions are functional when replaced with the human v...

This episode: Vampirovibrio chlorellavorus , a predatory bacterium that feeds on Chlorella algae, is currently lost from science, but its ge...

Brine shrimp Credit: Xavier on Flicker This episode: Gut microbes' activity in decaying brine shrimp help promote fossilization of t...

Rob Dunn, NC State University This episode: I talk with Dr. Rob Dunn about his team's research into determining where a dust sample ...