Enchanting photos of ‘bizarre’ mushrooms showcase fungi diversity
Cage fungus Alison Pouliot “I’ve been hanging around fungi for more than 30 years now, working more at the scientific…
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Cockatoos have an impressively wide repertoire of dance moves
White cockatoos seem to have a natural proclivity for dancing Andrew Angelov / Alamy The headbang, the side-to-side and the…
Two sneaky viruses may be messing with honeybee flight
Honeybees routinely battle infectious fungi, bacteria, mites and viruses Anthony Brown/Alamy Two seemingly innocuous viral infections in adult honeybees may…
These ants are one of the most effective teams in the natural world
Weaver ants folding paper Dr Chris Reid, Macquarie University A chain of weaver ants can easily outpull just about any…
Stark images show water’s role in human strife and survival
Wellcome Collection A man gazes at the water level in a well in Morocco as the dunes of the Sahara…
Weird microbial partnership shows how complex life may have evolved
Stromatolites are rock-like structures formed by bacteria in shallow water lkonya/Shutterstock Microbes from a remote bay in Western Australia seem…
How cocoa beans’ microbiomes are key to the finest chocolate flavours
Chocolate is made by fermenting cocoa beans, which come from the fruit of cacao trees Mimi Chu Leung We could…
Can we send a spacecraft to intercept interstellar object 3I/ATLAS?
NASA’s Juno spacecraft could be sent to intercept the interstellar object NASA/JPL-Caltech An interstellar object currently hurtling through our solar…
New NASA head wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon – but why?
A concept image of NASA’s Fission Surface Power Project NASA NASA is going to build a nuclear reactor on the…
How we could explore a black hole with an interstellar nanocraft
An illustration of a spaceship sailing close to a black hole liuzishan/Getty Images An interstellar probe sent to a black…