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Anne Madden: Meet the microscopic life in your home -- and on your face
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Behold the microscopic jungle in and around you: tiny organisms living on your cheeks, under your sofa and in the soil in your backyard. We have an adversarial relationship with these microbes — we sanitize, exterminate and disinfect them — but according to microbiologist Anne Madden, they're sources of new technologies and medicines waiting to be discovered. These microscopic alchemists aren't gross, Madden says — they're the future.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;bacteria;biology;biomechanics;biotech;future;health;innovation;microbes;microbiology;nature;science;technology;TED2017;2017
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