Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains how your necrobiome recycles your body to nourish new life

With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.

Jennifer DeBruyn, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 28, 2023 • ~8 min

Beyond flora and fauna: Why it's time to include fungi in global conservation goals

Fungi underpin life on Earth, but are far less well catalogued and understood than animals and plants. Three scientists call for including fungi in conservation strategies and environmental laws.

Patricia Kaishian, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard College • conversation
May 17, 2022 • ~10 min

The secret life of fungi: how they use ingenious strategies to forage underground

Using tiny 'soil chips', researchers have observed the forgaging strategies of fungi for the first time.

Kristin Aleklett, Postdoctoral research fellow, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • conversation
March 10, 2021 • ~7 min

Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead bodies, helping families find missing people

Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.

Neal Stewart, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min

Plants might be able to tell us about the location of dead people, helping families find missing people

Researchers are figuring out how plants respond to the presence of human cadavers. The findings could prove important for discovering the locations of murder victims or mass graves.

Neal Stewart, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee • conversation
Sept. 3, 2020 • ~7 min

/

1