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Could ‘The Last of Us’ actually happen? What science says will shock you
Season 2 of HBO’s The Last of Us has gripped viewers once again. In it, a fungus turns humans into zombie-like creatures. But ...
Can climate change really create zombie fungi, like in "The Last of Us"?
In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a ...
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Could the Fungal Infection from ‘The Last of Us’ Really Happen?
Season 2 of the HBO series The Last of Us is available to stream right now. The show imagines a world where a fungal ...
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‘The Last Of Us’ imagines pandemic caused by a fungus. Could it happen?
It’s literally in every environment that humans are, and there’s no way to keep it out.” The characters in the show reference Cordyceps, also known as Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ...
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Can climate change really create zombie fungi, like in "The Last of Us"?
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 ...