When using standalone bidets and ones installed on toilets, it's best, especially for women, to turn on the faucet while facing the controls so the washing is done from front to back, according to Dr.

The Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Inside Climate News report that Maine's shellfish harvesters face increasing ...

A group of ocean bacteria long considered perfectly adapted to life in nutrient-poor waters may be more vulnerable to environmental change than scientists realized. The bacteria, known as SAR11, ...

For millions working outdoors in Kenya, climate change isn’t abstract, it is telling on their skin, writes Nelly Madegwa writes. [NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] For eight years, Sylvia Muteshi has worked the ...

As a changing climate continues to warm the planet and thaws ancient permafrost, some people are concerned that long-dormant ...

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...

UC Davis researchers are studying why some corals can stand heat and heal from bleaching. The answers could help protect ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

Those whose livelihoods depend on ice and the fish and microorganisms in the lakes are experiencing havoc wrought by ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

The escalating challenges of climate change - including prolonged droughts, soil degradation, and unpredictable growing ...

Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to planetary health ...