Zombie ants, DNA robots, growing organs & an app for assessing autism. It’s your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, all with funding from the National Science Foundation.

For more information, refer to the following news articles: 

1. Climate change forced zombie ant fungi to adapt
2. Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
3. Synthetic tissues build themselves
4. Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data

Bacterium Snags DNA

Your weekly briefing on the latest discoveries you might not hear about anywhere else, from astronomy to zoology -- all with government funding from the National Science Foundation.