When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Cities are growing. Forests are shrinking. But what’s happening beneath our feet—in the soil of the very trees that line our ...

Chronic constipation is more than just the occasional “off” day in the bathroom. It’s when going becomes difficult, ...