What is this pretty yellow goo? Delicious slime mold, of course
They begin to squirt a rubbery slime from their pores, entombing themselves in a matrix.
Carl Zimmer • Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
Experiments with slime molds have demonstrated these organisms can navigate mazes in search of food—sensing its location and then growing in that direction.
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
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Experiments with slime molds have demonstrated these organisms can navigate mazes in search of food—sensing its location and then growing in that direction. The mycelia in a forest do link the trees in it, root to root, not only supplying them with nutrients, but serving as a medium that conveys information about environmental threats and allows tr
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