The Fungus You Should Actually Be Worried About

As the planet warms, a dangerous fungus called cryptococcus has been adapting to higher temperatures. That isn't great for humans because our body heat is one of our primary defenses against the pathogen. Duke researcher Asiya Gusa studies how this fungus is changing, and her work may help prevent an outbreak of infections. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him) and Madelyn Leembruggen (she/her) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Chris Mackey, Matt Curls, Friso, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, Piya Shedden, Kevin Knupp, Joseph Ruf, Jacob Puthoff, Kevin Bealer, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRQgy75POZhCXQ-AD8pscDsTEy7ElNlda-PBvfxe67S3pkYY7Q7h8yNPXhysi8lnkLtOm021X1s91ZW/pub