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An ant becomes infected by a fungus which takes over its nervous system, turning the ant into a vehicle for the fungus鈥檚 reproduction and killing the ant in the process. It sounds like science fiction, but it's happening in rainforests around the world.

It's a parasitic relationship that has inspired the TV series The Last of Us, but it also reveals a great deal about control, autonomy and the interconnectedness of the natural world.

With:

Merlin Sheldrake, mycologist and writer

Philip Ball, science writer

Lore Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano and sound artist

Anna Dumitriu, artist

Jason Singh, sound artist and composer

Mark Brown, director of the University Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University

and

Nura Sidarus, Lecturer in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London

Producer: Eliane Glaser

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