Despite decades of study, researchers still believed that the fungi only reproduced asexually. That misunderstanding limited how scientists could genetically manipulate the fungi for industrial ...

A new study on the sex life of molds is raising startling new questions about gene silencing, speciation and perhaps some facets of human reproduction. A new study on the sex life of molds is raising ...

Need fifty copies of that 3D printed whirligig you’re so proud of? It might be faster to just cast copies by using the 3D printed model to make a mold. [Micah] found himself in this situation and ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. Enter The Blob—a yellowish chunk of slime mold set to make its debut at the Paris Zoological Park on Saturday. With nearly 720 sexes, and the ability to ...

Because molds reproduce by releasing clouds of microscopic spores, they can travel anywhere accessible by wind or water. In fact, the average person inhales between 1,000 and 10 billion spores per day ...