Using high-speed cameras, scientists identify the fastest spores on Earth.
Microbes may soon help make it easier to recycle your soda bottle, helping to create new demand for what has historically been a low-quality recycled material.
Removing Pluto from the planet list is just the latest in an age-old debate on how many planets make up the solar system

The farms of the future may be where you would least expect to find them — in towering skyscrapers in some of the world’s largest cities
Preschool boys perform better in classes where the girls outnumber them
A single impact might explain why the Red Planet’s surface looks smoother in the north and rugged and rocky in the south
Baseball teams that travel across the country may be at a disadvantage when they play