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If Humans Visit The Lunar South Pole, Microbes We Leave Behind May Survive There Surprisingly WellThe next time we land on the Moon it could be at a location much more suited to the survival of the microbes we bring with us than previous missions

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If Humans Visit The Lunar South Pole, Microbes We Leave Behind May Survive There Surprisingly WellThe next time we land on the Moon it could be at a location much more suited to the survival of the microbes we bring with us than previous missions
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If Humans Visit The Lunar South Pole, Microbes We Leave Behind May Survive There Surprisingly Well

clock-iconAugust 24, 2026

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People Are Buying And Selling Mummies Online, Raising The Possibility They're Spreading The ‘Mummy’s Curse’Ancient Egyptian Mummy

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People Are Buying And Selling Mummies Online, Raising The Possibility They're Spreading The ‘Mummy’s Curse’Ancient Egyptian Mummy
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People Are Buying And Selling Mummies Online, Raising The Possibility They're Spreading The ‘Mummy’s Curse’

clock-iconAugust 15, 2026

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How Long Can Fungi Live? Some Can Be Thousands Of Years Old, But It’s Surprisingly Hard To Age These “Invisible” Lifeformsa bright blue mushroom on the forest floor

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How Long Can Fungi Live? Some Can Be Thousands Of Years Old, But It’s Surprisingly Hard To Age These “Invisible” Lifeformsa bright blue mushroom on the forest floor
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How Long Can Fungi Live? Some Can Be Thousands Of Years Old, But It’s Surprisingly Hard To Age These “Invisible” Lifeforms

clock-iconAugust 14, 2026

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A Deadly Fungal Superbug Spreading In Over 20 US States Hides In Hair Follicles To Evade The Immune SystemAn illustration of pathogenic fungus.

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A Deadly Fungal Superbug Spreading In Over 20 US States Hides In Hair Follicles To Evade The Immune SystemAn illustration of pathogenic fungus.
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A Deadly Fungal Superbug Spreading In Over 20 US States Hides In Hair Follicles To Evade Immune Systems

clock-iconAugust 7, 2026
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Amazonian "Zombie-Ant" Fungus Just Got Even Weirder As Scientists Discover It’s Been Living A Secret Double Life Inside An Entirely Different HostCamponotus nidulans ants infected by O. camponoti-nidulantis found among bryophytes at the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve. Specimen “TAJ59” found on Octoblepharum moss.

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Amazonian "Zombie-Ant" Fungus Just Got Even Weirder As Scientists Discover It’s Been Living A Secret Double Life Inside An Entirely Different HostCamponotus nidulans ants infected by O. camponoti-nidulantis found among bryophytes at the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve. Specimen “TAJ59” found on Octoblepharum moss.
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Amazonian "Zombie-Ant" Fungus Just Got Even Weirder As Scientists Discover It’s Been Living A Secret Double Life Inside An Entirely Different Host

clock-iconAugust 3, 2026
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"Fungal Storms" Are Increasing Across The USA, Bringing A Potentially Fatal InfectionA dust storm looms over Phoenix, Arizona. It looks like the end of the world is oncoming.

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"Fungal Storms" Are Increasing Across The USA, Bringing A Potentially Fatal InfectionA dust storm looms over Phoenix, Arizona. It looks like the end of the world is oncoming.
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"Fungal Storms" Are Increasing Across The USA, Bringing A Potentially Fatal Infection

clock-iconJuly 10, 2026
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Earth's Underground Fungal Network Could Stretch A Billion Times Farther Than The Distance To The SunAn image of a Mycelial network digitally colored to show its extension. It is made up of purple connections expanding in various directions, with the thicker shoots having a more yellow color.

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Earth's Underground Fungal Network Could Stretch A Billion Times Farther Than The Distance To The SunAn image of a Mycelial network digitally colored to show its extension. It is made up of purple connections expanding in various directions, with the thicker shoots having a more yellow color.
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Earth's Underground Fungal Network Could Stretch A Billion Times Farther Than The Distance To The Sun

clock-iconJune 12, 2026

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Stunning Slime Molds, Captivating Corals, And Fantastic Frogs: The Close-up Photographer Of The Year Winners Are HereA stunning photograph of a pink cauliflower coral looking up at the blue sea. The branches of the coral look like trees and the blue looks like the sky full of stars.

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Stunning Slime Molds, Captivating Corals, And Fantastic Frogs: The Close-up Photographer Of The Year Winners Are HereA stunning photograph of a pink cauliflower coral looking up at the blue sea. The branches of the coral look like trees and the blue looks like the sky full of stars.
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Stunning Slime Molds, Captivating Corals, And Fantastic Frogs: The Close-up Photographer Of The Year Winners Are Here

clock-iconFebruary 5, 2026
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Everything We Knew About Psilocybin’s Natural Function May Be WrongMagic mushrooms

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Everything We Knew About Psilocybin’s Natural Function May Be WrongMagic mushrooms
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Everything We Knew About Psilocybin’s Natural Function May Be Wrong

clock-iconFebruary 3, 2026
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Scientists Spiked Fly Food With Magic Mushrooms To Try And Figure Out Why They EvolvedDried magic mushrooms under a red light.

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Scientists Spiked Fly Food With Magic Mushrooms To Try And Figure Out Why They EvolvedDried magic mushrooms under a red light.
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Scientists Spiked Fly Food With Magic Mushrooms To Try And Figure Out Why They Evolved

clock-iconJanuary 26, 2026
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"It Sounds Like A Long Shot": Why Scientists Hope To Rescue A Zombie TreeRhodamnia zombi leaves affected by Austropuccinia psidii, which prevents reproduction long before it kills the plant, making the species a zombie

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"It Sounds Like A Long Shot": Why Scientists Hope To Rescue A Zombie TreeRhodamnia zombi leaves affected by Austropuccinia psidii, which prevents reproduction long before it kills the plant, making the species a zombie
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"It Sounds Like A Long Shot": Why Scientists Hope To Rescue A Zombie Tree

clock-iconJanuary 26, 2026
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The First Great Forests Were Neither Fungus Nor Plant, But Lifeforms Without Living DescendantsIt's not obscene, because this is not an artist's reconstruction of an animal, or even a fungus, but an extinct lineage.

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The First Great Forests Were Neither Fungus Nor Plant, But Lifeforms Without Living DescendantsIt's not obscene, because this is not an artist's reconstruction of an animal, or even a fungus, but an extinct lineage.
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The First Great Forests Were Neither Fungus Nor Plant, But Lifeforms Without Living Descendants

clock-iconJanuary 22, 2026
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?Magic mushrooms containing psilocybin.

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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?Magic mushrooms containing psilocybin.
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Why Did "Magic Mushrooms" Evolve To Be Hallucinogenic – What's In It For The Mushrooms?

clock-iconNovember 11, 2025
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Mushrooms Could Beat Metal For Large-Scale Memory Storage And ProcessingThe capacity of small amounts of mycelium from shiitake mushrooms to hold a memory of input voltages, and change resistance as a result, has been demonstrated

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Mushrooms Could Beat Metal For Large-Scale Memory Storage And ProcessingThe capacity of small amounts of mycelium from shiitake mushrooms to hold a memory of input voltages, and change resistance as a result, has been demonstrated
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Mushrooms Could Beat Metal For Large-Scale Memory Storage And Processing

clock-iconOctober 27, 2025
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Cheese Caves, A Proposal, And Chance: How Scientists Ended Up Watching Fungi Evolve In Real TimeThe mold on the rind of Bayley Hazen Blue cheese: the original green and the evolved white several years later.

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Cheese Caves, A Proposal, And Chance: How Scientists Ended Up Watching Fungi Evolve In Real TimeThe mold on the rind of Bayley Hazen Blue cheese: the original green and the evolved white several years later.
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Cheese Caves, A Proposal, And Chance: How Scientists Ended Up Watching Fungi Evolve In Real Time

clock-iconOctober 14, 2025
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