Ad Astra:
What's particularly cool about Cordyceps is that it is not alone. Other parasites drive their hosts to bizarre heights. Another fungus, called Entomophthora muscae, drives houseflies and other insects upwards, climbing screen doors in some cases, before springing out of its host's body.
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NASA announced this week that it plans to establish a permanent moon base by 2024, a mere generation from now. Intriguingly, the plan, which is still short on details, calls for an open-standard, modular design that would allow private enterprises to plug into the permanent station by building their own extensions to the base.
As good as this sounds ...
WSJ
