Microbes are usually cast as villains, yet most of the microscopic life on and around us is quietly keeping us alive. From the bacteria lining your gut to the organisms drifting in city air, these ...

In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world of airborne microbes. Credit...Antoine Maillard Supported by By Carl Zimmer ...

In a new book, Thomas Levenson, a professor of science writing at MIT, traces the history of germ theory while tackling the broader question of why some ideas take hold and become accepted while ...

Germs do not spread at the speed of a Twitter text message. Still, germs can spread at an extraordinary rate, one which recently gave Union students a good reason to “tweet” their friends. They wanted ...