germ warfare

It's a bacteria-eat-bacteria world, scientists say. Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, shown here in false color, attacks common germs six times its size, then devours them from the inside out.

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Health & Safety

'Predatory Bacteria' Might Be Enlisted In Defense Against Antibiotic Resistance

4:27pm September 06, 2018

by Richard Harris

Microbe-eating-microbes are found in "almost every ecosystem on Earth," says a defense department scientist who hopes bacteria of this type might one day be deployed to fight human infections.

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An Army horse wears a gas mask to guard against German gas attacks.

National

The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them

6:28am April 06, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

April 6 marks 100 years since the U.S. entered World War I. Years before, the U.S. supported the effort by sending over thousands of horses — who were so important that Germans plotted to kill them.