Researchers have identified how the slime mold Physarum polycephalum saves memories -- although it has no nervous system. Having a memory of past events enables us to take smarter decisions about the ...
A bright yellow blob with no brain, no neurons, and no central nervous system has done something that sounds impossible: it ...
Physarum polycephalum is a single-celled, brainless organism that can make “decisions,” and solve mazes. Anne Pringle, who is a mycologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains everything ...
A computational approach inspired by the growth patterns of a bright yellow slime mold has enabled a team of astronomers and computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz to trace the filaments of the cosmic ...
A close up show details of a physarum polycephalum, known as a blob, during a record attempt to assemble the longest blob in the world at the Blaise Pascal secondary school in Chateauroux, central ...
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Physarum: Slime Mold Simulator PHYSARUM is a sandbox simulation game. Simulate the real world slime mold Physarum polycephalum by generating millions of ...
Dr. William Seifriz of the University of Pennsylvania lives a quiet bachelor’s life in Chester Springs, collects old Italian bronze and French porcelain, permits no telephone in his house. At his ...