What could human engineers possibly learn from the lowly slime mold? Reliable, cost-efficient network construction, apparently: a recent experiment suggests that Physarum polycephalum, a gelatinous ...

Slime molds have evolved to produce some of the most efficient networks seen in nature, but just how good are they? As good as the notoriously complex Tokyo rail system. The slime mold Physarum ...

Not a day goes by that I do not think of the wonder and almost spiritual brilliance of mushrooms and other fungi, because I am an ant and an invasive fungus has taken control of my brain. For the rest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sixteen years ago, a brainless, unicellular organism blew our human minds. And it continues to fascinate and surprise researchers ...