The antibiotic teixobactin—developed a decade ago by Northeastern University professors Kim Lewis and Slava Epstein in ...

These tests were to demonstrate the killing power of anthrax during the second world war. Disease spores were released on to the tiny island to wipe out a flock of sheep. The island, Gruinard, just ...

Shortly after the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to media outlets and government officials. Twenty-two people ...

For years, public-health authorities downplayed the risk that pathogens could spread via droplets light enough to circulate ...

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But amidst all the excitement for the acclaimed game adaptation’s next entry, something stood out to us in the latest trailer: the confirmation that spores will be included. This might seem like ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The Last of Us Season 2 releases this April, and the sophomore season will up the ante in terms of how the deadly fungus spreads--and this will ...

Siberian Anthrax outbreak wasn’t just a freak accident—it was a warning shot. Thawing permafrost had awakened something ...