In late 2022, the World Health Organization released a list of 19 fungi that pose the greatest threat to public health. When we think about dangerous infectious diseases, drug-resistant bacteria or deadly viruses like SARS-Cov-2 often come to mind. But in the coming years, scientists will need to be increasingly concerned about another potentially deadly group of pathogens: Fungi.

“The biggest challenge with treating systemic fungal infections right now is the fact that we only have three major classes of antifungal drugs, compared to several dozen classes of antibacterials,” Leah Cowen, a professor of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto, tells Inverse.

Climate change is expected to heat the planet and shift weather patterns, altering not only where we can live but where other species can thrive, too. The shift in temperature will alter where different species of fungi live –– and potentially make it easier for some to survive in the human body. In fact, climbing temperatures are the most immediate factor influencing the rise in fungal infections.

Google's track record with tablets has been hit or miss over the years.

In 2012, Google went small and cheap with the Nexus 7 — and people loved it so much that a second-gen version was released the next year. The Nexus 9 came in 2014 and received lukewarm reviews. In 2015, Google tried the premium productivity route with the Pixel C in 2015 and Pixel Slate in 2018 — and the tablets flopped. After that, Google pretty much gave up on tablets, letting the iPad just steamroll its way to becoming The Default Tablet To Buy.

Buoyed by foldable phones like Samsung's Galaxy Z Folds and its own upcoming Pixel Fold, Google is giving Android tablets another whirl. For the Pixel Tablet and its non-folding slate form factor, Google is trying something different. Instead of going head-on with the iPad — a battle it would surely lose — the Pixel Tablet flexes its modular design. On its own, it's a tablet that does all of the things you'd expect from a tablet. But snap it to the included Charging Speaker Dock, and the Pixel Tablet turns into a smart home control center not dissimilar to the non-separating Nest Hub Max.