Scientists say the risk to humans, while extremely low, is not zero.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

We show that leadership skill with artificially intelligent (AI) agents predicts leadership skill with human groups. In a large pre-registered lab experiment, human leaders worked with AI agents to ...

In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...

In reality, "zombie-ant fungus" or Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is a parasitic fungus ... cordyceps fungi to adapt from infecting insects to humans. Our body temperature and immunity prevent ...

As these terrifying images reveal, The Last of Us comes pretty close to capturing what possessed humans could look ... staggering and hyperactivity.' In Ophiocordyceps-infected ants, one of ...

Though we humans don’t have to worry about surrendering our free will to zombifying fungi anytime soon, the reality is that some fungi do pose real threats to us as humans. However, that threat ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Ronny Jackson is gearing up another investigation of the origins of COVID-19 — and wants to bring Dr. Anthony Fauci and a US-based coronavirus researcher credited with ...

It’s probably best known for its “Stop Hiring Humans” marketing campaign that has generated many news articles, social media posts, comments, and a few death threats, says the company.

After scientists succeeded in sequencing the human genome in 2001 2, they quickly began working on the genomes of other apes — the closest genetic relatives to humans. Understanding the genomes ...

“This is one reason we believe insights about the mouse cortex can generalise to humans.” The achievement – something that biologist Francis Crick said in 1979 was “impossible” – took ...