Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...

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Project Mind Control tells the lurid tale of the CIA's attempts to discover the scientific principles that would allow people to control subjects' thoughts and actions. The author, University of Texas ...

A deadly, drug-resistant hospital fungus may finally have a weakness—and scientists think they’ve found it.

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A deadly hospital fungus that resists nearly every antifungal drug may have an unexpected weakness. Researchers discovered ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook First seen in Marvel Comics in 1962’s The Incredible Hulk #3, Maynard Tiboldt took over the role ...

Research over the years has found that a black mold, formed from a number of different fungi, has been growing toward radioactive particles, and surviving on ionizing radiation, at the Chernobyl ...

THANKS TO A CACHE OF DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS, the public is now well aware of the Central Intelligent Agency’s misadventures in mind control throughout the 1950s and 1960s. MKUltra—the agency’s ...

While Netflix holds the majority of The Arrowverse, the reality is the universe is even bigger, but you’ll need an HBO Max ...

The comet 3I/ATLAS is taking a long holiday journey this year. It's visiting from another solar system altogether. It's the third interstellar object recorded passing through our solar system.