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Young squash bugs eat adults’ poo to stock up on healthy bacteria

Squash bugs need certain kinds of gut bacteria to survive, but young nymphs don’t get any from their parents – so they have to acquire them by eating other adults’ faeces

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Hadza people with bows and arrows

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Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania have incredibly diverse gut microbiomes

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Exposing C-section babies to vaginal fluid boosts their development

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We may finally know why psychological stress worsens gut inflammation

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A scanning electron micrograph of the delta SARS-CoV-2 variant (pink dots) budding from a human gut cell

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The covid-19 virus affects our gut – but we still don't know how

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Wine experts’ unique nasal microbiome may affect their smell and taste

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The shocking decline of Earth’s microbiome – and how to save it

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The shocking decline of Earth’s microbiome – and how to save it

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Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

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Keto diet may treat epilepsy by changing the gut microbiome

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Probiotics shield corals from deadly tissue loss disease

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

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My Amazon family’s gut microbes may help us fight inflammatory disease

The Yanomami people of the Amazon have the world’s most diverse gut microbiome – and David Good, who is half Yanomami, thinks it might hold the clues to better health

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Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of seabirds

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The microbiome inside the penis can be altered by vaginal sex

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Gut bacteria that break down oestrogen linked to depression in women

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Breastfed C-section babies get more of their microbiomes from milk

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