Nowadays, the Congressional Budget Office issues annual reports on “expired and expiring authorizations,” and the number and scope of such programs – now called “zombie programs” – is stunning.

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A new species of parasitic fungus has been discovered turning orb-weaving spiders into zombies in the British Isles. In a study released in January 2025, researchers discuss a new zombie species ...

Now, he's a co-author of a study that identifies those globs as a newly discovered species of fungus that takes control of spiders, essentially turning them into zombies, and marches them to their ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies.” The fungus lures them out of their webs before instigating an untimely death ...