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Feeling mouldy? Find your network
Are fungi friend or foe? Both, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL — but when they do more harm than good in our homes, we should take a page out of their book and create our own powerful networks
Fungi in the landscaped gardens at the National Trust's property at Stourhead, Wiltshire
Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony
Activist Angie Zelter has been arrested more than a hundred times. She’s not stopping now, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Natalia Marques looks at last week's ruling that Khalil can be deported and its implications
We are not here to advocate for the arms industry or its CEOs, writes STEVE HANDFORD, and that means we must take a stand against the government’s spending on war
Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children
Although our sector is hearing better things from the current government, the recognition that what we do is education in its own right, rather than just childcare, is still not reflected in policy, writes LUCY COLEMAN
LAST MONTH, a man in the US named Tyson Bottenus made worldwide news due to an extraordinary illness. What he initially thought was a brain tumour turned out to be a rare fungus that had travelled through his blood, crossed through the blood-brain barrier and took up residence deep inside his skull, where it grew and eventually caused a stroke.
Thanks to medical treatment he is recovering well, but unfortunately has sustained brain damage that, for the moment at least, has significantly changed his life.
This isn’t the first case of fungi infecting living bodies. Cordyceps is a fungus that infects some insects, takes control of their bodies’ extended nervous system and forces them to find a place to die where the fungus’s spores will travel best.
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It’s sunny times for the solar industry which is expected to continue to grow rapidly — but there are still major environmental issues with how solar cells are made, explain ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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