"This is nature's irony at its finest... The same fungus once feared for bringing death may now help save lives." Not long ...

Penn engineering researchers modified a fungus called Aspergillus flavus, which may have caused lung disease and illness in ...

A fungus that is thought to have claimed the lives of several excavators working on King Tutankhamun's burial site has had a ...

Could a legendary tomb curse become a medical miracle? Scientists may have reengineered Aspergillus flavus, linked to King ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at cancer-killing fungi, robots that perform surgery on your eyeballs, ...

A dreaded fungus known to inhabit tombs has been reconstituted as a treatment for leukemia and is performing as effectively ...

Associated with the infamous King Tut's curse, a deadly spore may now be turned into a potent leukemia treatment.

"Tales of Terror: The Curse of King Tut" follows the curse-laden mysteries surrounding those involved in discovering and excavating King Tut's tomb and the media frenzy that followed.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

King Tut’s infamous tomb likely wasn’t his, new research reveals By . ... “It now seems as if Tutankhamun’s own face was effectively grafted onto the mask of the previous ruler ...

Earring Holes On King Tut’s Death Mask Suggest It Could Have Been Made For Someone Else. Since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 by archaeologist Howard Carter, the boy king has ...

After a re-examination of the original 1920s discovery, experts now believe even more strongly that King Tut’s golden burial mask wasn’t originally intended for him at all and was likely ...