Spore Origins is the little brother of the more in-depth game Spore Creatures. Customization options are more limited but essentially the games are exactly alike when it comes to overall control ...

Meet the world’s smallest farmer – a “social amoeba” that seeds new land with bacteria, which it then eats. Just as human farmers carry seeds and livestock when they move to new areas, the ...

A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

Cheating is easy and seemingly without cost for the social amoeba known as Dictyostelium discoideum, said researchers who conducted the first genome-scale search for social genes and found more ...

The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum displays a primitive form of agriculture with some clones carrying bacteria to seed out food crops. Brock et al. now demonstrate that these farmers also ...

With less than 10 cases per year, it's unlikely you'll be infected by Naegleria fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater.

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically passed away last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia.

A healthy Texas woman, 71, died from Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba, after using a nasal irrigation device with tap water. Health officials warn that rinsing sinuses or nasal passages ...

"Grand Theft Auto IV" may have stolen hard-core gamers' wallets during the first half of 2008--selling some 10 million units worldwide--but "Spore" is exciting everyone else. The hugely ambitious ...

A Texas woman died from a rare brain-eating amoeba after using tap water in a sinus rinse, a CDC report says. Here's what to know about the often fatal infection.

Gamers worldwide will have their first chance to create their own Spore space amoeba on June 17, when Electronic Arts will ship the complete retail version of the Spore Creature Creator. A free ...