Living mats from a variety of freshwater and marine environments, including hot springs, have been studied for reasons related to the biology and activities of component microorganisms and to their geological significance (e.g. Castenholz 1969; Gebelein 1969; Eggleston & Dean 1976; Brock 1978; ...
Marion Dreyfus notes the benefits of taking children to concerts and other grown-up activities: You pick up a great deal of incidental ambient intelligence at those concerts. Different venues rouse new parts of the dormant brain, making more synaptic connections and neuron networks grow. The new ...
To Jennifer Biddle, a microbiologist at the University of Delaware who was not involved in the study, doubling the estimates of deep groundwater means doubling the potential size of the enigmatic deep microbial biosphere too. “If you have liquid water, there’s a good chance that th...
Look for 100% fruit juice and consider drinking half a glass or less. Also watch out for sodas and smoothies, which can be pretty tempting. People with diabetes need to be extra careful at buffets because consuming too much of those and juice can raise blood sugar and drain energy for ac...