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The Cordyceps fungus has evolved a terrifying ability to hijack the bodies of insects – but it's also being studied for an impressive range of potential medicinal effects. Researchers have found a way ...

Talk with any mycologist these days—really, anyone who’s obsessed with fungi—and it won’t take long to arrive at the subject of the zombie apocalypse. Obviously, fungi can be terrifying. They are the ...

The hit HBO show "The Last of Us" may have taken the world by storm this year (and the video game world nearly a decade ago), but the villain in the series has been around much longer than either of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Cordyceps mushroom, an exotic fungus, grows by infecting ...

I first heard about them when I was in the depths of my YouTube-induced vegan era. Functional mushrooms were just beginning to come onto the scene (or were just starting to be pumped into my algorithm ...

The Last of Us revolves around a genuinely terrifying pandemic caused by Cordyceps, a type of fungus that can essentially zombify its host. The only goal of the fungus is to spread the infection as ...

Just in time for Halloween, scientists in Korea say they’ve found a better way to grow an insect-destroying mushroom in the lab. Their work could make studying these fungi easier, which is important, ...