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Researchers build a biomimetic 'soft cannon' to understand how fungal spores are dispersed

Phys.org - Wed 30 Oct 19

A team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen and Wageningen University and Research has built a tiny biomimetic 'soft cannon' to better understand ...

Scientists built a zombie fungus cannon to show how spores are spread to a new host 

Daily Mail - Wed 30 Oct 19

After killing a host fly, the bizarre fungus grows on the corpse a set of micro-sized stalks, each one a pressurised spore cannon - which Danish and Dutch researchers have now reproduced in ...

Scientists built a zombie fungus cannon to test how spores spread - CNET

CNET Cutting Edge - Wed 30 Oct 19

Bombs away.