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The fabulous life of germs

Germs -- they get around. Learn what their travels and overall existence can teach us about not just ourselves, but the past, present and future of humanity.

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Christina Warinner

Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque

Jessica Green

We're covered in germs. Let's design for that.

Laurie Garrett

Lessons from the 1918 flu

Bonnie Bassler

How bacteria "talk"

Paul Ewald

Can we domesticate germs?

Nathan Wolfe

The jungle search for viruses

Raymond Wang

How germs travel on planes -- and how we can stop them

Maryn McKenna

What do we do when antibiotics don't work any more?