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Troglomyces twitteri

"As far as we know, this is the first time that a new species has been discovered on Twitter."

Scientist Discovers Gross New Fungus on Twitter

A team of scientists have gene-hacked two species of tobacco to emit a visible glow all by themselves — and around the clock.

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Scientists think the same hack could work on animals.

These Gene-Hacked Glowing Plants Look Incredible

A team of scientists is exploring a bizarre idea: finding a way to build structures, circuitry, and other materials out of living fungal architecture.

Coliving Spaces

Let's just hope you aren't allergic.

These Researchers Want You to Live In a Fungus Megastructure

An experimental NASA program is tinkering with the idea of building a Mars or Moon base out of living mushrooms that astronauts would grow onsite.

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Moon colonists could live in fungus-based structures.

NASA Wants to Grow a Moon Base Out of Mushrooms

A new study suggests that C. auris evolved the ability to infect and kill humans thanks to climate change, specifically rising global temperatures.

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It evolved the ability to withstand higher temperatures — like those of the human body.

Climate Change May Have Prepared This Superbug to Kill Humans

Authorities in Colombia have quarantined four plantations after noticing symptoms of the banana disease TR4 amongst the crops.

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Authorities have already quarantined four plantations and more could follow.

Bad News: A Banana-Killing Fungus Has Likely Reached the Americas

A "super fungus" called Candida auris is cropping up in hospitals all across the globe, killing half the people who contract it within 90 days.

Killer Bug

"It is a creature from the black lagoon. It bubbled up and now it is everywhere."

Deadly "Super Fungus" Could Be the Beginning of a Global Epidemic

Fungal diseases are becoming more common worldwide, but some animals may be able to develop resistance.

An Amphibian Plague Recovery Could Spell Good News for Animal Disease

Could a Fungus be the Answer to Giving Lab-Grown Meat Texture?

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