Mixing them produces a live culture where yeast and bacteria ferment the sugars in ... community in my family's sourdough starter with the microscope I use in my day-to-day research.

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki ...

Volvox is a resident of Brooklyn. But it's just one of trillions of microbes in New York City. This is biologist Sally Warring. She heads up the project Pondlife. Which explores microscopic ...

This year the school offered half-hour sessions several days a week to focus on science, math and reading skill-building. Science teacher Mike Weisenberger called it “inquiry-based learning,” as his ...