Tag: Fungi
Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the...
Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus...
Hillary Jeanne Haldane, Quinnipiac University
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Cannabis products may harbor fungal toxins harmful to human health, but...
Kimberly D. Gwinn, University of Tennessee
Hemp and cannabis host many fungi inside and outside the plant, most of...
Pancakes won’t turn you into a zombie as in HBO’s ‘The...
Sheryl Barringer, The Ohio State University
In the HBO series “The Last of Us,” named after the popular video...
Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques...
Scott Solomon, Rice University
King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source –...
How to keep your jack-o’-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants...
Nature is the world’s original pharmacy – returning to medicine’s roots...
Ashu Tripathi, University of Michigan
While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern...
Beyond flora and fauna: Why it’s time to include fungi in...
Matt Kasson, West Virginia University; Brian Lovett, West Virginia University, and Patricia Kaishian, Bard College
It’s no secret that...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
