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A single thermal performance curve applies across life, from bacteria to animals. Species differ in optimal temperatures, but not in the fundamental shape of their response to heat. Researchers at Tri ...

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Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

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