
How a mind-controlling, sexually transmitted fungus turns cicadas into ‘zombies’
A new study reveals that male cicadas, when infected with a mind-controlling fungus that devours large parts of their bodies, will trick other male cicadas into being infested by the same horrifying parasite — thanks in part to a psychoactive chemical found in hallucinogenic mushrooms. This article first appeared in Salon One of the chemicals in this […]