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In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world of airborne microbes. Credit...Antoine Maillard Supported by By Carl Zimmer ...

It appears that in our world and in this time, humans have been left with the distinct impression that they can match wits with God. To believe someone is smarter than their Creator is foolish at best ...

IF there is one thing more curious than another in the “Spontaneous Generation” theory, it is the way in which so-called matters of fact, as proved by careful experiment, are brought forward by the ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. This experiment involves two liquids and a machine that will jiggle them. That’s all. So how does it create a family of “worms” that branch out from ...

Long before it was put into letters to major news outlets, anthrax was a major problem for livestock farmers. Whole herds died in so-called "cursed fields," and human lives as well as the food supply ...

Some of the greatest scientific discoveries haven’t resulted in Nobel Prizes. Louis Pasteur, who lived from 1822 to 1895, is arguably the world’s best-known microbiologist. He is widely credited for ...

The theory of spontaneous generation, for many years scorned by most scientists, received an unexpected revival last week from George Wald, professor of Biology, at the recent meeting of the American ...

IN his recently published Biological Studies * Professor Haeckel, of Jena, has briefly stated his views on the question of Abiogenesis, which is now so largely occupying attention in England. He, ...

When hot, ionized gases known as plasmas in the interstellar media collide, the electron density and temperature profiles can become misaligned. A strong electromotive “loop” force then drives ...