Every year, around 2.4 million people in the UK get food poisoning — mostly from viral or bacterial contamination. Most people recover within a few days without treatment, but not all are that lucky.

The conditions in your bed—darkness, warmth, and humidity from body heat and sweat—are perfectly calibrated for microbial growth. Over time, your sheets accumulate a host of unwelcome contaminants: ...

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by a mysterious type of antibiotic resistance. Called "heteroresistance," it occurs when a tiny fraction of bacteria in a population can evade antibiotics, ...

Microbiologist Dan Buckley joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about microbiology. What's the fastest known bacteria? Is the zombie fungi from "The Last Of Us" realistic? Why is cat ...