Meet nature's smartest blob: The mysterious world of slime molds

Slime molds are weird. They are blobs that don't have brains or nervous systems, yet they can navigate mazes better than some humans, and remember past events without neurons. Despite their name, slime molds are not actually mold. They're Protists, a diverse kingdom of single-celled misfits that exist in a category of their own.  — Read the rest

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