Scientists have long known that certain fungi can pressurize the fluid in their cells and use that ability to shoot spores as far out as possible. Some researchers have photographed the process, but ...

Wee spores now offer a renewable source of vroom, researchers report. A previous study found that bacterial spores, which rapidly shrivel in dry conditions and replump with hydration, are packed with ...

Anyone who’s ever done a bit of gardening or hiking is probably aware of sphagnum moss—it’s estimated to cover about one percent of the Earth’s surface, and is harvested for use as a potting material.

Thanks to Palerider for the word that Popular Science has a huge interview with Will Wright about Spore. How do you think the audience for Spore may be different from your other games? I think we're ...

Many fungi, including the destructive Sclerotinia, spew thousands of spores at once to give the spores an extra boost into their host plants. Researchers now show how this works. The near-simultaneous ...

Bacterial spores store information about the individual growth history of their progenitor cells, thus retaining a "memory" that links the different stages of the bacterial life cycle. The spore ...

The tree-strangling pathogen that causes sudden oak death is baffling scientists even after 14 years on its trail. The latest puzzle for sleuths in the field and laboratory is how the microscopic ...