Plastic. It floods the oceans, strangles marine life and sullies our streets. When burnt, it spits out toxic chemicals into the atmosphere in gargantuan quantities, and its petrochemical construction means it doesn't like to decompose. Yet it is a … [Read more...]
Parasitic Fungus Possesses Ants For 48-Million-Years
The dirty German Messel Pit - home to one of the world's most splendid fossil collections, is at it again, this time producing startling new evidence of a devilish parasitic fungus, from deep within an ancient German forest. The ant-possessing … [Read more...]