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Why mushrooms are starting to replace everything

Why mushrooms are starting to replace everything

Imagine a world where the homes we live in, the clothes we wear, and even the sensors in our electronics weren’t manufactured, but grown. Mycelium, the root structure of fungi, is shaking up everything from sustainable construction to meatless bacon. It’s turning agricultural waste into walls, hemp into

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Contribution of Fungi to the Global Biodiversity Framework

Contribution of Fungi to the Global Biodiversity Framework

Chile and the United Kingdom joined forces at COP16 to introduce an innovative project: the Fungal Conservation Pledge. This framework emerged from the collaboration between both countries and the Fungi Foundation, with the goal of establishing fungi as an independent biological kingdom in legislation and policies, and prioritizing them within

Lessons from fungi on markets and economics

Lessons from fungi on markets and economics

Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it's not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, displaying remarkable parallels to humans in their capacity to be opportunistic (and sometimes ruthless) - all in

Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens and the environment.

Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi, directed by Louie Schwartzberg, is a consciousness-shifting film that takes us on an immersive journey through time and scale into the magical earth beneath our feet, an underground network that can heal and save our planet. Access on Amazon

How slime mold designed the Tokyo railway system

How slime mold designed the Tokyo railway system

Imagine if a single-celled organism, single handedly, designed the Tokyo Metro System? Well, this actually happened when a group of Japanese researchers at Hokkaido University put a slime mold on a map of Tokyo, to see how it would connect between urban hotspots.