Fungal infections are becoming deadlier as drug resistance spreads and treatment options stall. Researchers at McMaster University discovered that a molecule called butyrolactol A can dramatically ...

Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish fossils say Prototaxites represents an entirely extinct eukaryotic lineage - a “new form of life” in the sense that it does not fit into known major ...

Learn about Prototaxites, a bizarre group of prehistoric organisms that fall within an unknown lineage of extinct life.

A 410 million year-old fossil from Aberdeenshire which scientists have identified as being a ‘new’ form of life, distinct from plants or fungi, has been added to the collections of National Museums ...

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their ...

Ever since their discovery more than 165 years ago, massive fossilized structures left by an organism known as Prototaxites have proven impossible to categorize. Researchers in the UK have suggested ...

A 410 million year-old fossil from Aberdeenshire which scientists have identified as being a ‘new’ form of life, distinct from ...

Over 150 years ago, a fossilized organism known as Prototaxites emerged as an enigma regarding what early land life may have ...

At the conclusion of the semester, Hyde and her students collaborated with the librarians at the Hillyer Art Library to adapt ...

With a vastly smaller budget, 2004’s Primer tested the audience with its complicated time-travel storytelling puzzle. The ...

A brave schoolgirl is undergoing grueling chemotherapy after being diagnosed with bone cancer, which doctors initially ...

Last summer I polled the great art houses of Europe with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in ...