The strange and wonderful world of microbes
The Earth Microbiome Project aims to catalogue all the microbes that live on the planet
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Kate Lunau
Kate Lunau is a health and science writer at Maclean’s Magazine, who previously reported for the Montreal Gazette. She’s the recipient of several journalism awards, including the 2014 Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award, and has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards. Like Elon Musk, she hopes to retire on Mars.
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