Even within your own body, your 30 trillion human cells can’t compete with the 40 trillion or so bacteria that live rent-free in your gut, on your skin, under your toenails. Your very DNA owes a ...

Outbreaks of disease may have had a greater effect on the course of events than the actions and plans of humans. The evangelical right is always waiting for the Apocalypse, counting the days, charting ...

An academic offering their first trade book does better business with a "Big Idea". It need not be entirely new: an update will do. And it’s fair to regard Jonathan Kennedy’s big idea here – the one ...

The origin of disease -- Extraterrestrial origins -- Spontaneous generation -- Evolution of life -- Germs and disease : Brief history -- Witchcraft, retribution, and the humor of it all -- Seeing the ...