The consequences of climate change are numerous, but viewers of HBO's The Last of Us might have been surprised to learn that it could lead to a post-apocalyptic world taken over by zombies that were ...

If you're like me, you've had a long withstanding date with the couch on Sunday nights to watch HBO's breakout show The Last of Us. The show is about how the human population fights to survive a ...

Those left disappointed by the lack of Cordyceps-induced zombies in season one, the show’s co-creator Craig Mazin offered reassurance in an interview with Empire Magazine, saying “for the people who ...

Talk with any mycologist these days—really, anyone who’s obsessed with fungi—and it won’t take long to arrive at the subject of the zombie apocalypse. Obviously, fungi can be terrifying. They are the ...

Not that they need any help, but HBO’s “The Last of Us” has made mushrooms cooler than ever, thanks to the prominent role a parasitic fungus plays in the collapse of society. The creators of the TV ...

Yes, the fungus is among us. The video game-inspired hit zombie apocalypse show “The Last of Us” draws its inspiration from our own reality and ecology: The show’s fatal fungus exists throughout ...

In the hit HBO Max show The Last of Us, humans are infected with the cordyceps fungi turning them into zombie-like creatures, prompting some to wonder — is that something to worry about? Kimberlee ...

"The Last of Us" creator Craig Mazin said the Cordyceps fungus danger is "real." Mazin said that everything it does in the show, it does to ants. Mazin added that he doubts the Cordyceps fungus could ...

Fungi have become Hollywood’s go-to bad guys. But as yet another story focuses on Cordyceps, Nick Crumpton says we are missing a chance to broaden our fictional horizons ...

Currently a features writer at Collider, Elisa Guimarães is an arts and entertainment journalist and a critic with over a decade of experience. Passionate about movies and TV shows as a whole, she ...

Computational cordyceps. Fungus-powered logic functions. No, not a cynical Last of Us franchising spin off but the actual direction of research at the aptly titled Unconventional Computing Laboratory, ...