Zombie Spiders, Killer Fungi, and the Secret to New Antibiotics?
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Zombie Spiders, Killer Fungi, and the Secret to New Antibiotics?

2025-04-19

A creepy-cool fungus turns spiders into zombies—then eats them! Caroline Knight, Lindsay Sant, and Lino Saubolle unpack how this eerie phenomenon may help us fight antibiotic resistance. Nature gets weird, but maybe even helpful.

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