SAN DIEGO — On the heels of a real pandemic, the new HBO drama "The Last of Us" is turning heads in its display of a post-apocalyptic America after a fungal infection spreads rampantly amongst humans.

If you're like me, you've had a long withstanding date with the couch on Sunday nights to watch HBO's breakout show The Last of Us. The show is about how the human population fights to survive a ...

Not that they need any help, but HBO’s “The Last of Us” has made mushrooms cooler than ever, thanks to the prominent role a parasitic fungus plays in the collapse of society. The creators of the TV ...

Some scientists have reassured "The Last Of Us" fans that the grim Cordyceps scenario will remain relegated to television.

“Fungi love to make spores,” Dr Jim Kronstad, professor and microbiologist at the University of British Columbia’s Michael Smith Laboratories and author of a new paper on fungal threats, said in a ...

In the hit HBO Max show The Last of Us, humans are infected with the cordyceps fungi turning them into zombie-like creatures, prompting some to wonder — is that something to worry about? Kimberlee ...

With the hit HBO series "The Last of Us" returning for Season 2 on April 13, fans captivated by the terrifying concept of a fungal pandemic that turns humans into zombies once again face the question: ...

Computational cordyceps. Fungus-powered logic functions. No, not a cynical Last of Us franchising spin off but the actual direction of research at the aptly titled Unconventional Computing Laboratory, ...

If your taste in horror entertainment runs to post-apocalyptic sagas peppered with cannibals, the collapse of society, and mushroom-headed zombies, you could probably do worse than HBO’s adaptation of ...

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A Seattle mushroom hunter snapped a photo in a northern Washington forest several years ago, capturing a striking image: a group of orange, spotted stems reach toward the sky, each shorter than an ...