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Bacteria

The filthy, stinking truth: The messy history of cleanliness, and why our obsession with dirt may be making us sick.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Nov 30, 2007
Ask the pilot: Remember the sense of awe you used to feel on an airplane ride? Where did it go? Plus: The lowdown on that "filthy" and "germ-laden" cabin air.; By Patrick Smith Mar 9, 2007
History as written by a "SimCity" freak: Gifted amateurs defeated London's cholera epidemic in the 1850s, says culture/tech visionary Steven Johnson, and today a similar bottom-up approach to knowledge can improve neighborhoods, reform cities, even thwart terror.; By Scott Rosenberg Oct 30, 2006
Dead or alive?: A military biowarfare training program alarms nearby residents -- especially when the Army can't keep its story straight.; By Terry J. Allen Nov 2, 2000
Attack of the killer nasties?: The American Medical Association recently urged the FDA to tighten its control over antibacterial products. So what's stopping it?; By Leah Kohlenberg Jun 23, 2000
Eating germs: Our semi-sterile lives may be too much of a good thing. Now scientists are inventing "dirty" therapies to remedy our dangerous cleanliness. Second of two parts.; By Susan McCarthy May 4, 2000
Talking dirty: Bring on the germs. Too much cleanliness may be making some people sick. First of two parts.; By Susan McCarthy May 3, 2000
Kicking for breath: I watched as my brother almost died from asthma.; By Frank Houston Dec 23, 1999
Voyage into the great unflossed: A dental-phobic writer takes a trip into the cavity we call the mouth.; By Susan McCarthy Aug 18, 1999
Got milk?: New tests point to a fat compound in milk as a possible STD fighter.; By Jon Bowen Jul 13, 1999
Scary as hell: People are dying because antibiotics can't keep up with resistant bugs.; By Arthur Allen Jun 11, 1999
It's a microbe's life: Land of the free, home of the clean freak -- the latest round of microbial warfare has turned America into a paranoid hot zone.; By Debra Ollivier Feb 22, 1999
No McNukes!: Does irradiating meat and other food make it safer -- or create new health risks, especially to children?; By Ros Davison Dec 17, 1997

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Bacteria

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