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The photo was captured by Tasha Sturm, a microbiologist in California, who took a handprint from her eight-year-old son after he had been playing outside.
Placopsis gelida ... (Bullseye Lichen) is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Agyriaceae.
It's the rainy season now in Central Mexico. This is the time of year when farmers head to corn fields in search of corn fungus, better known by its Aztec name, cuitlacoche. The delicacy becomes tar-like and rather unappealing to the eye when cooked, but it's a huge hit in Mexico City.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
If wasted food were a country, it would be the world's third largest contributor to climate change, after China and the U.S.
Four species in particular are being sought - the four-spotted orbweb, daddy long-legs, zebra and nurseryweb.
Quante volte al giorno usate lo smartphone? Bene, sappiate che è più sporco dell'asse del wc. Studi scientifici hanno dimostrato che vi dimora l'80% dei più comuni batteri umani. Vediamo quali.
An entomologist explains why it's a good idea to be nice to the spiders you encounter and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
Today, February 14th, Sir Alexander Fleming is credited with discovering penicillin in 1929, but many scientists and physicians before him left a literal bread trail to be followed. I’m actually surprised that it took until 1929 to realize that penicillin could kill some bacteria! Why? Because all the way back in ancient Egypt, moldy bread was [...]
Making spore prints is like seed saving for mushrooms. An easy and fun way to get to know mushrooms, and maybe cultivate mushrooms at home.
High.school student Mana Masui writes a first-author scientific paper on allorecognition in slime molds creating quite a bit of attention on Twitter.
In Bruce Logan’s lab, scientists use sewage to create electricity. And soon wastewater could provide all the power it needs to clean itself up.
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How to Grow SLIME MOLD: Slime Molds such as Physarum Polycephalum can solve mazes and are said to be really smart. An article published in Scientific American explains How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence. Slime molds are famous for their ability to form efficie…
Fungi, the microorganisms that grow on everything from plants to people, can be quite eye-catching when viewed under a microscope.
