The Spawn of Spore
Years in the making, Will Wright’s Spore peeks out today with the release of the Creature Creator. The free download is a toolkit for designing the life forms that will inhabit the Spore universe when...
View ArticleEvolution Emulator
Certain moments, a man never forgets: graduations, weddings, the birth of his first slavering Scuzzraptor. Electronic Arts' Spore, a 3D Petri dish that allows evolution of custom-made creatures from...
View ArticleThe Future of Gaming
Welcome to 2009. We have seen the future of gaming, and it looks a lot like its for your mother, grandfather and ADD-afflicted pals. Cheerfully, there's still hope for…
View ArticleHow Fungi Launch Spores is No Longer a Mystery
We know of at least 70,000 species of fungi, but we don’t know how most of them get their spores airborne. That’s what we’re trying to find out. Fungi are spectacularly…
View ArticleLargest Fungus In The World Found Under Tree in China
A half-ton, 33-foot-long fungal fruiting body was discovered growing under a felled tree in China, researchers said. It's the most massive fruiting body— equivalent to a mushroom, in other fungal...
View ArticleTurn Animated Characters From Games Into Movable 3-D Printed Beasts
Imaginary creatures rule the universes of various video games, maybe none more notably than the fantastical beasts you can create all by yourself in "Spore." Ever wonder if your two-headed, seven-eyed...
View ArticleBig Pic: Mushrooms Make Wind To Send Spores Flying
Mushrooms produce spores in order to reproduce and spread their mushroomy goodness throughout the land—or at least propagate the species. And for a long time, scientists…
View ArticleCyborg Germ Could Help Detect Leaks In Space Station
Though we’re a long way from Robocop, cyborgs are real, even if they’re sometimes too small to see. The newest iteration is a bacterial spore with quantum dots on its cell…
View ArticleWhy Does The Pentagon Keep An Anthrax Stash On Hand?
Of all the things a person could receive in the mail without warning, Anthrax is about the worst thing it could be. The spores, which can cause injury when inhaled, fit…
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Mushrooms' Spores May Help Bring Rain To Forests
Dohduhdah [http://bit.ly/1iisQbG], via Wikimedia CommonsRussula emeta. Spores from a similar mushroom in this genus were used in the study.Fungal spores are all around you. Even now, as you read this,...
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