Bacteria

Watch TED Talks and find articles about bacteria -- how they communicate, how they interact with us, and how they grow.

Talks about Bacteria

11:55

Lisa Dyson

A forgotten Space Age technology could change how we grow food

Posted Jul 2016
12:51

Lisa Nip

How humans could evolve to survive in space

Posted Mar 2016
6:28

Raymond Wang

How germs travel on planes — and how we can stop them

Posted Dec 2015
4:11 Under 6 minutes

Tal Danino

Programming bacteria to detect cancer (and maybe treat it)

Posted May 2015
12:11

Heather Barnett

What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime

Posted Jul 2014
7:24

Louie Schwartzberg

Hidden miracles of the natural world

Posted Apr 2014
9:20

Two young scientists break down plastics with bacteria

Posted Jul 2013
11:20

Tyler DeWitt

Hey science teachers — make it fun

Posted Feb 2013
6:41

Munir Virani

Why I love vultures

Posted Nov 2012
14:23

Jonathan Eisen

Meet your microbes

Posted Jul 2012
3:01 Under 6 minutes

Damian Palin

Mining minerals from seawater

Posted Jun 2012
7:10

Nathan Wolfe

What's left to explore?

Posted May 2012
11:42

Melissa Garren

The sea we've hardly seen

Posted May 2012
5:31 Under 6 minutes

Christina Warinner

Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque

Posted Apr 2012
18:51

Christoph Adami

Finding life we can't imagine

Posted Oct 2011
6:40

Suzanne Lee

Grow your own clothes

Posted May 2011
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Exclusive articles about Bacteria

Can your biome make you fat?

Is there a correlation between your biome and your BMI? In her new book, Why Diets Make Us Fat, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt sheds light on this tangled, cryptic relationship. T...