Beside the bluebells and celandines on the woodland floor, Fortey searches for morels, “the most delicious of all fungi”.

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Analysis of nearly 2,000 people living in remote villages in Honduras reveals who’s spreading gut microorganisms to whom.

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Bites from insects infected with modified malaria parasites boosted immunity and stopped people from contracting the disease.

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Coming less than a decade after its launch, the studies emerging from the global project are a major achievement. Funders ...

As soil dries, plants limit water loss by closing tiny apertures called stomata in their leaves. A global analysis reveals ...

A levitating frog, a necrophiliac duck, taxi drivers’ brains — the Ig Nobel prizes have shined a spotlight on offbeat work.

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