Creates

Keep your ghosts and ghouls—the Cordyceps fungus creates real-life zombies

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Keep your ghosts and ghouls—the Cordyceps fungus creates real-life zombies

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain I have never really been interested in ghosts, mummies or zombies, not even at Halloween. But as October 31 approaches each year, I am reminded of a biological tale involving all three. It’s the real-life horror story of a flesh-eating, brain-warping fungus from the genus Cordyceps, which inspired the zombie-apocalypse video … Read more

Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel

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Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel

The title of this post may, at first sight, seem a little baffling. After all, what does the smallish Central American state of Nicaragua have to do with Europe’s largest economy, Germany? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot. Nicaragua was the first country to join the case South Africa v. Israel, in January 2024. … Read more