Reports of the resistance of UTIs to antibiotics are on the rise. Can a new method focused on preventing the bacteria from clinging to the lining of the urinary tract help?

Just when you think you’ve found the lost City of Ithaca, pesky science goes and proves otherwise…

This week’s image is the bacterial hand print of an 8-year old boy, developed by his mother in her microbiology lab.

Sarah Gaunt on how we know whether it’s safe to go for a swim

Faiza Peeran on why the citizen scientists of America collected bacteria to send into space

Anna Ikarashi on how agriculture today will make it harder for future generations to feed themselves

Joanna Blackburn shines light on important but often forgotten organs of the human body