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Moon ‘shrooms? Fungi eyed to help build lunar bases and Mars outposts

NASA researchers are investigating the potential of mycelia — the mass of nutrient-absorbing, widely branching underground threads that make up much of a fungus’s bulk — to help construct outposts on the moon and Mars.
Ancient Australian Crystals Unlock History of Earth’s First Magnetic Field

Tiny crystals in Australia are helping scientists unlock the ancient history of our planet’s first magnetic field, which disappeared hundreds of millions of years ago.
Psychedelics Can Be Used to Treat PTSD, Finds Yet Another Clinical Trial

New research presented by the Medical University of South Carolina’s Dr Michael Mithoefer says that psychedelics like MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms can be used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Out of Deep-Sea Mud, a Strange Blob May Hold Secrets to the Origins of Complex Life

A microbe found in the muddy depths of the Pacific Ocean doesn’t look like much other than a blob with tentacles. But this unassuming little organism may hold the secrets to how the first multicellular life-forms evolved, according to new research.
Earth’s oldest known impact crater may tell us a lot about our planet’s frozen past

Scientists have identified the oldest known impact crater on Earth — and the ancient structure could tell us how our planet emerged from a long-ago frozen phase.