Stories by Peter Andrey Smith

Wastewater-based epidemiology can test large groups of people and help better allocate scarce resources

Drug use in cows alters nutrient cycling 

Scientists are now testing whether the fungi have any pharmaceutical potential 

Vanishing public repositories of microbes, both beneficial and deadly, have been essential for advances such as penicillin and CRISPR

Blood biomarkers could help investigators narrow down a pool of suspects more quickly

The criminal justice system’s reliance on DNA evidence, often treated as infallible, carries significant risks

Two dozen automakers and research institutes have set out together to build a virtual model

Neuroscientists are probing the idea that intestinal microbiota might influence brain development and behavior

Pillows, bedding and tossing and turning all influence what you inhale while fast asleep

Even manure from drug-free cows encourages antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Collecting fungi is more than a hobby for Rodham Tulloss

Scientists and farmers alike think it represents the next big thing in agriculture

Is slaughtering birds the best way to keep the wildlife away from airplanes?

Unmasking tiny denizens of the great indoors