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Mon., Mar. 3 Giraffe Odor: Giraffes find body odor attractive and beneficial in a mate.Tues., Mar. 4 Microbes and Retting: Extracting fibers from plants involves a process that relies on dew, rainfall, cool temperatures, and intense microbial activity.
Weds., Mar. 5 Antibiotics Destroy Bacteria: Antibiotics target and destroy mechanisms inside bacteria that are essential to their existence.
Thurs., Mar. 6 Black Band Coral Disease: The world’s coral reefs are known for their vibrant colors and abundant life. Bacteria may be causing the demise of many reefs.
Fri., Mar. 7 Angiogenesis: It is widely known that bacteria are needed for digestion. New evidence suggests that even the basic development of blood vessels in the intestines requires bacteria.
Mon., Mar. 10 Space Museum Moon Suits: The high-tech suits worn by astronauts on a space mission are being slowly destroyed in the relative safety of the Smithsonian.Tues., Mar. 11 Toxins for Dinner: Microbiologists have found many bacteria that eat toxic chemicals.
Weds., Mar. 12 John Snow/Cholera: John Snow was best known for proving that cholera is a water-borne killer. Time has made a tall tale out of one doctor’s good deeds.
Thurs., Mar. 13 Lake Vida: Frozen beneath this Antarctic lake lies twenty-eight hundred year old bacteria. And they’re still alive!
Fri., Mar. 14 Bacteria Sensor: For astronauts, prevention is the key to staying healthy, and new technologies are being developed to help astronauts know what bacteria they are living with.
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