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While filming a documentary in Northern Ireland, a team of scientists discovered a new fungus that appears to manipulate ...

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A new fungus that infects cave spiders and turns them into "zombies" was discovered in a Victorian gunpowder store at Castle Espie in Northern Ireland during filming for a TV show.

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