Some people scrub them every day while others say letting water run over them in the shower is enough. So are you cleaning ...

“Our skin, by far, is exposed to the most amount of oxidative stress,” he added. That can lead to a host of issues, from skin ...

Hundreds of surface swabs reveal the station lacks microbial diversity, an imbalance that has been linked to health issues in other settings.

After analyzing over 800 samples collected by astronauts in multiple modules of the United States Orbital Segment in the ISS, Benitez and his team concluded the microbial and chemical environment on ...

A study analyzed bacteria levels in office microwaves compared to other environments. A food safety expert shared essential ...

The researchers then constructed 3D maps that displayed where each sample was found on the station and how the bacteria and chemicals might be interacting. The results, detailed in a statement, showed ...

Most of the germs they found aboard the ISS came from human skin. What was surprising, though, is that beneficial bacteria commonly found in natural environments were almost entirely absent.

Then, they created three-dimensional maps illustrating where each was found on the ISS and how the bacteria and chemicals might be interacting. The team found that overall, human skin was the main ...