The magic of mushrooms

The SAS (Special Air Service) make routine use of sleep-deprivation exercises in their selection process, and these often feature in later training. Hallucinations during such exercises are very commo

Medicinal mushrooms are having a moment. Fungi experts Christopher and Katherine Parker dig into their favorite functional varieties and unearth the research that shows why these mushrooms matter

Meanderings we couldn’t fit into the issue, but which seemed terribly important at the time...

Lynn Farram and the congregation of Christ Church, Norris Green, Liverpool

We dig into the surprising journeys and quirky facts behind the crops that star in our festive feasts

Over half the trees in Kew Gardens could be dead before the end of the century. You’d think they’d be better plant protectors at the Royal Botanic Gardens, but this isn’t botched botany – Kew just mon