Why spend so much money on fancy schmancy expensive equipment to measure air quality when you can figure it out for free using lichens? What's a lichen, you ask? Some lichens are extremely cool exa...

You can't tell by looking at your favorite edible mushroom (or just any mushroom if you hate mushrooms), but a fungus is actually a closer relative to you than it is to a plant.How we know that? Fu...

Picture this. You're driving on a highway with the top down on your convertible, the wind blowing at your hair. When suddenly—you hear a tiny alarm. Whoops! You forgot to fill up the tank again....