Mark Riechers

They eat rocks. They're some of the strangest living beings on the planet. They are fungi.

What You Learn In The 'Magic Circle'

From Benign to Deadly: A Brief History Of Household Poisoning

While not as terror-inducing as a demon or ghoul, the sheer number of things that could kill us by swallowing them is truly terrifying. Throughout history, we've been surrounded by substances that seemed benign and innocent in our food, in our…

'Fantastic Fungi' And How To Film Them

Louie Schwartzberg is on a journey to the center of life on Earth. The filmmaker started with time-lapse photography of flowers, which led him to bees and their role pollinating crops to seeds and plant-based food. That got him interested in…

Teens Don't Want Hope. They Want Action.

Lydia Hester is counting the days. Not until she can drive, or head off to college, like a teen out of central casting. She's not chasing after her first job, either. She already had one — as the campaign director for her local city councilman, Tag…