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Scientists discovered a fungus that caused spiders to "exhibit behavioral changes similar to those reported for zombie ants."

RX and Medicine

Scientists Discover “Zombie” Fungus That Seizes Control of Spiders, Suggest It Be Used for Human Medicine

By Victor Tangermann

Celebrity cosmetic surgeon Terry Dubrow is sounding off on Real Housewife Brandi Glanville's alleged face parasite.

Cosmetic Surgeon Weighs in on “Parasite” Ravaging Brandi Glanville’s Face

By Noor Al-Sibai

A new research consortium has found not only that brain fungi or bacteria cause some dementia cases, but also that it can be reversed.

Some Cases of Dementia Can Be Cured, Researchers Say, Because They’re Caused by Fungus and Bacteria in Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Resaerchers found that a specific fungus can recognize shapes, and communicate information about their surroundings throughout their network.

Science & Energy

Obscure Fungus Shows Signs of Rudimentary Intelligence

By Victor Tangermann

Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Science & Energy

Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In what may be the first-ever recorded case of its kind, a 61-year-old mycologist in India contracted a severe case of silver leaf disease.

Fungus Learns to Infect Human, Spreading “Root-Like Filaments”

By Victor Tangermann

All is not well in the county that's home to some of Jack Daniel's barrel houses amid a fungus infestation caused by the whiskey itself.

Science & Energy

Residents Blame Horrid Black Fungus on Whiskey Facility

By Noor Al-Sibai

The molecules kill some types of fungi "so efficiently that we named them after Keanu Reeves," said the lead author of the study.

Science & Energy

Scientists Develop Compound That Kills So Efficiently They Named It After Keanu Reeves

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Deaths caused by fungal infections have been on the rise since the 1970s, and fungi once limited to regions of the US are now spreading to most states.

Global Warming Is Priming Deadly Fungi to Invade Our Warm Bodies

By Frank Landymore

Considering that the zombie fungus that infects human brains in The Last of Us is real, and currently zombifies insects, it's worth asking.

Neuroscience and Brain

Bad News: the Horrific Zombie Fungus in “The Last of Us” Is Real

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Drought-stricken California soil has, over the course of several years, been slowly releasing a meningitis-causing fungus into the air.

Climate Change Releasing Horrid Disease-Causing Fungus from California Soil

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tens of thousands of people in the US alone are being hospitalized by fungi a year, with millions more receiving treatment without being admitted.

Doctors Warn of Deadly Fungal Outbreaks Worldwide

By Victor Tangermann

A startup called Bolt Threads is using a special kind of fiber made from mycelium, the underpinning of mushrooms, to create "Mylo," a leather-like material.

Science & Energy

Adidas, Lululemon Say They’ll Make Clothes Out of Mushroom Leather

By Victor Tangermann

Designers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have created the "Living Cocoon," a moss-filled, "living" coffin made out of fungus.

Science & Energy

This Moss-Filled Coffin Is Made Out of Fungus

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have a bizarre idea for protecting astronauts from cosmic rays: Shield them with the radiation-absorbing fungus near Chernobyl.

Fungus Growing at Chernobyl Could Protect Astronauts From Cosmic Rays

By Dan Robitzski

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter

By Victor Tangermann