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Kevin Kurtz

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Are the germs that give you a cold not actually alive?

They sure don't act like it.

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tags: Microbes, Living things and nonliving things, viruses, bacteria, DNA, Nature of Science
categories: Living & Nonliving Things
Tuesday 04.03.18
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Is your body electric?

Your body makes electricity and, in this post, I blog the body electric.

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tags: Microbes, Electricity, Respiration, Electrons, Oxygen
categories: Where Wild Microbes Grow
Friday 12.16.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Are there pros and cons to getting hypothermia?

For the most part, getting hypothermia is not good, unless, of course, you want to make your body a suitable habitat for bioluminescent bacteria.

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tags: Warm-blooded, Cold-blooded, Microbes, Adaptations, Nature of Science
categories: Where Wild Microbes Grow, Uncovering Earth's Secret
Tuesday 03.29.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

Did high school kids solve a 140-year old scientific mystery?

Yes, though despite this teaser photo, one of them was not me, and neither was the other.

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tags: Adaptations, Symbiotic relationships, Bioluminescence, Parasites, Microbes, Nature of Science
categories: Where Wild Microbes Grow, A Day in the Deep
Tuesday 03.15.16
Posted by Kevin Kurtz
 

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