MetaFilter posts tagged with microbes

Why Do Beans Make You Fart?

netbros — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:16:49 -0800

ilovebacteria.com explains science to people who do not necessarily have a scientific background. You'll find a selection of DIY experiments like egg osmosis, and strange facts like the ever popular why does asparagus make your wee smell? And don't forget to meet the microbes.

Microbes made me do it

caddis — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 14:35:09 -0800

Can microbes make us fat? Of the trillions and trillions of cells in a typical human body — at least 10 times as many cells in a single individual as there are stars in the Milky Way — only about 1 in 10 is human. The other 90 percent are microbial. These microbes — a term that encompasses all forms of microscopic organisms, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa and a form of life called archaea — exist everywhere. New evidence suggests microbes in our bodies can determine how efficiently we process food and affect our hunger centers.

Mine gave me the Jruns

drezdn — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:03:35 -0800

Let your children play with the common cold... introducing giant microbe plush toys. [link via die puny humans]

Ebola. Only, fuzzy.

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:56:32 -0800

Giant Microbe Plush Toys. We make stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes—only a million times actual size!

The Bacteria Whisperer

o2b — Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:44:08 -0800

The Bacteria Whisperer
“Bonnie Bassler discovered a secret about microbes that the science world has missed for centuries. The bugs are talking to each other. And plotting against us.”

Fabulon7 — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 07:28:02 -0800

Pictures of microbes and the machines that may one day fight them...

slipperywhenwet — Sun, 25 Aug 2002 19:03:41 -0800

Martians may resemble the Spanish. Scientists are studying a red river in Spain which flows through a deposit of pyrite, "has a pH similar to that of automobile battery acid and contains virtually no oxygen in its lower depths" to get an idea of what Martian microbes might be like. The critters found in the Rio Tinto are extremophiles, little microscopic buggers that can live miles underground, or in water 170 degree Celsius under deep-sea hydrothermal vents. (No word yet on whether there's a Portuguese connection.)
[via Red Rock Eater]