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Slime Mold Solves Maze

markzive wrote 3 weeks ago: Physarum polycephalum, sponge bob square pants, can mysteriously find the most efficient route to fo … more →

Tags: technology, Science, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Physarum polycephalum, Maze, efficiency

Picture of the Day: The slime mold

Ippo wrote 4 weeks ago: In nature, the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is usually translucent. In this image, the slime … more →

Tags: Picture of the day, Science, Science News, Picture of the day, best science photos, best space photos, amazing space images, nasa. photos, Dictyostelium discoideum

Frozen1 comment

Joanna wrote 2 months ago: I may be done with winter, but winter is not done with me. Like an unwanted guest weeks after the pa … more →

Tags: Seasonal Rants, Plants, Nature, seed, winter, crocus, spring, ice, Sunlight

Special guest fungus2 comments

rethoryke wrote 2 months ago: I don’t know if this is a slime mold or not.  I will post another picture so that people can h … more →

Tags: gardening, My brain, yellow, Old Stick, ivy, Nature Photography, putative, Fungus among us, who needs sleep?

TeikyoSat-3 - Slime Mold from Space

m5aka wrote 2 months ago: Dictyostelium discoideum – Slime Mold – Image credit Freien Universität Berlin Never bef … more →

Tags: Daily Updates, Amateur Radio, Ham Radio, Satellite, TeikyoSat-3, Dictyostelium discoideum, Teikyo University

The Swarm: State auditor will look at employment programs for veterans

Sullivan Capital wrote 2 months ago: It’s not a huge step in the scheme of things, but it could lead to progress for California vet … more →

Tags: News, Opinion, Military & Emergency Services, People, facebook, twitter, login, swarm behaviour, clerks

How "Cheating" Slime Mold Escapes Death

Lyn Leahz wrote 2 months ago: Mutated strain can manipulate others, new study shows. Cells of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoid … more →

Tags: Strange News, Natural Wonders, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Oxford, Dictyostelium discoideum, Dictyostelium, BMC journals, Santorelli

Fungus can build more efficient networks than people because of decentralized processes

mdowney84 wrote 2 months ago: Fungus can build more efficient networks than people because of decentralized processes “The s … more →

Tags: woh...., fungus, Life, Federation, Decentralization

Blow Your Mind: The Memory of Slime

Robert Lamb wrote 3 months ago: The new poster slime for intelligent life? (iStockphoto) So you’re telling me a brainless, spi … more →

Tags: Stuff to Blow Your Mind, slime, STBYM Roundup

Protist If You Will, But Slime Mold Loves You1 comment

ophid wrote 3 months ago: With Valentine’s Day looming, some folks are making plans while others avoid their calendars entirel … more →

Tags: daily-science, Biology, Science, Love, Humor, valentine's day, Valentine

Don't let this world squeeze you into its mold2 comments

walter bright wrote 3 months ago: With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, … more →

Tags: Winning Circle, united states, Mold growth assessment and remediation, Lauri Dalla Valle, AC Milan, Bleach, paul konchesky, Mario Balotelli

The 150-year Tube Journey

linyangchen wrote 4 months ago: On 9 January 1863, an event took place in London that would radically change the way people live and … more →

Tags: Photographic, Photography (2), London Underground, photo exhibition, tube150, complex network, Network Science, transport network, rail network

The end reward

Donald Harbour wrote 5 months ago: there is a stream silent running over rocks where moss grows wading its icy waters slipping on green … more →

Tags: aging, Autumn 2, earth 2, Food, Friendship, health, human, Humanity, Life

Intelligence Does Not Always Look Smart6 comments

rootstoblossom wrote 5 months ago: Yellow Slime Mold (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m linking to an article about how brainless slim … more →

Tags: Inspiration, Life, Goals, HOPE, finding yourself, Positive Thinking, Scientific American, Thinking

Appreciating the Small and Slimy10 comments

Smoky Zeidel wrote 5 months ago: There’s nothing like a good slime mold to improve the neighborhood. The air has smelled so goo … more →

Tags: Nature Photography, nature writing, Environmental Writing, writing, Blogging, nature, smoky zeidel, rain, Mushrooms

How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]: Scientific American

digger666 wrote 6 months ago: How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]: Scientific American, Daily Digest, 7 Novemb … more →

Tags: Science & Technology, environment & earth studies, life sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the , Physarum polycephalum, intelligence

A Real Camp Treasure: Dog Vomit Slime Mold9 comments

btweenblinks wrote 6 months ago: 2012 CAMP SERIES: SECTION 1 It was day one of our camping trip. We had greeted those families that h … more →

Tags: Fungi & Slime Molds, slime mould, plasmodium, sporangium, dog vomit slime mold, Dog Vomit Slime Mould, fuligo septica, Protoplasts, Amoeboid

Most Interesting Papers of the Week

Marc wrote 6 months ago: Popularly requested tweak: Choice quotes from abstracts now included! These are papers that may be o … more →

Tags: research blogging, Cephalopod, coevolution, Vision 2, Hymenoptera, collenchyma, fig wasp, quorum sensing, tetrapod

Slime Molds!

sarahexplains wrote 7 months ago: Slime Molds! Just in case you haven’t heard of these guys, let me tell you about a type of cellular … more →

Tags: what+how, dicty, Organisms


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