Tag: Bacteria
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9 Products That Help Gardeners Create Healthy, Organic Soil
A teaspoon of healthy soil contains more microbes than there are humans on this planet. These products can help you maintain that diversity.
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Sewage-Powered Robot Cleans Wastewater, Poops
A robot powered by microbial fuel cells that runs on human waste helps out at a wastewater treatment plant using its artificial stomach.
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Ancient Microbes Survived 3,000 Years Without Light or Air
Researchers in Antarctica have found an ancient bacteria thriving in one of the continent's least hospitable ecosystems, a discovery that may change our understanding of what's needed to support life.
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Your Belly Button is Like a Rainforest, and Here's Why
Boy, it's a jungle out there. I mean, in there. In your belly button.
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Study Reveals the Most Contaminated Surfaces in Hotel Rooms
New research reveals hotel room germ hotspots - toilets and sinks rank high, but a few surprising surfaces are equally befouled.
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CDC Warns Against 'Fish Pedicures'
Agency cites the risk of dangerous skin and soft-tissue infections for people with open sores, skin cuts, and underlying medical conditions.
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Iron-Eating Magnetized Bacteria Could Make Faster Computers
A research team has created magnetic bacteria that could form the basis of high speed nano computers.
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Dickson Despommier on the Rise of the Vertical Farm (Podcast)
Science of science fiction? Dickson Despommier, the father of vertical farming, discusses what the future of agriculture might look like.
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How to Make Compost Tea & Why You Should
When I posted a video on how to make compost extractions, and later on how to make compost tea it awakened my interest in this lesser-known subset of composting
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Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs Explained at a Third Grade Level
If you are still wondering just exactly where antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" come from, and how we have contributed to creating them, then this story-book slideshow on Development of Antibiotic Resistant S. Aureus will
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Compost Poetry and the "Magic at Work in the Rotten Stench"
Compost is a funny thing. For the uninitiated, or the uninterested, it is at best a clever form of recycling, and at worst a disgusting, smelly and unpleasant alternative to sending your trash to
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How to Brew Compost Tea (Videos)
Whether it's discussing how worm compost suppresses plant disease, or getting a sneak peak at industrial-scale composting, I've talked a lot about both methods and usage of compost here on TreeHugger. But when I posted on a
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Slideshow)
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you.
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Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
With so many products -- from hand soap to dish detergent -- boasting about their antibacterial properties, it's easy to think that all bacteria are bad for you. But the world of bacteria isn't so black and white: some bacteria help, some hurt, and some
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Make Your Compost Go Further - Compost Extraction (Video)
Whether I am talking about making compost as a form of animal husbandry, or musing on the analogy of compost as a yogurt for the soil, I am known for being more than a little bit geeky about the life in my rotted biomass.
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Compost is Like Yogurt for the Soil - Probiotics in the Garden
I've been reading a lot about compost recently and one thing keeps bothering me. Almost every article refers to this magical substance as a "natural fertilizer", and on one level it
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You Are 10% Human. 90% Bacteria. (Video)
Earlier this week, I wrote a post wondering whether we should think of composting as animal husbandry—given the vast array of living organisms that exist in a compost heap. Now I am wondering whether the same term
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Rebranding Poop as a Resource - The Poop Project
Whether looking at the selective flush and letting it mellow or recycling our poop for sustainable farming, it's no secret that I believe rethinking the way we handle our bodily waste—both human and animal—is
