While mold is generally looked on as the stuff of nightmares or, at best, a minor annoyance, one strain has made waves around the world this year for its amazing feats of intelligence and athleticism.

This isn't a horror film, it's a real-life science exhibit at a Paris zoo featuring a "blob" that can move, eat, learn and heal itself in two minutes if it's cut in half. The "blob," named after the ...

“The Blob." In science fiction, it's a classic cult movie monster. But in real life, it’s the name researchers have given to an alarming patch of water at the bottom of Cape Cod Bay. This little “blob ...