microbes

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He cites the 2024 finding on Mars by the Perseverance rover of “a biosignature of heavy-metal reduction by alien microbes, possibly the most incredible discovery of the century.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Using roughly 100 existing datasets, the scientists examined amino acids and fatty acids from microbes, soils, fossils, meteorites, asteroids, and synthetic laboratory samples.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

One major consequence is that many harmful microbes are becoming resistant to antibiotics and disinfectants, creating serious challenges for medicine and public health.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

It also means losing a vast "molecular library" tied to the microbes that live within them.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

With it he discovered a universe in a drop of water: the microbes, which he described as “animalcules” and thought “cute.”

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan