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What makes a baker’s hands different from anyone else’s hands? And how does flour, water, bacteria and wild yeast from the air result in something as delicious and as unique as a loaf of sour...

https://ideas.ted.com/inside-the-fascinating-and-delicious-science-of-sourdough-bread/

One day, you might be able to eat microbes -- yes, microbes -- to help you lose weight.

https://ideas.ted.com/a-major-cause-of-obesity-may-be-hiding-in-your-gut/

Just like a human being, a house or office has its own microbiome, with good and bad microorganisms. One researcher has a targeted idea: to customize our spaces with the right microbes.

https://ideas.ted.com/for-healthier-buildings-just-add-bacteria/

Science writer Sonia Shah explains why it's really not your fault you're attracted to that terrible person.

https://ideas.ted.com/how-your-microbes-influence-your-love-life/

This freshly drawn Tree of Life contains a new branch full of microbes -- which appear to dominate Earth's biodiversity. How did we miss that? TED Fellow Hélène Morlon explains.

https://ideas.ted.com/a-newly-drawn-tree-of-life-reminds-us-to-question-what-we-know/

Cave explorer Francesco Sauro shares astonishing images from a trip into what might just be the oldest caves in the world ... carved into the quartzite Tepui mountains of Venezuela.

https://ideas.ted.com/gallery-what-life-looked-like-hundreds-of-millions-of-years-ago/

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine think they might have come up with a novel way to manage blood pressure. Hint: Microbes.

https://ideas.ted.com/a-surprise-from-your-gut-good-blood-pressure/