Is a Single-celled Slime Mold smarter than us?
-Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Researchers have identified how the slime mold Physarumpolycephalum saves memories – although it has no nervous system. A new study uncovers the surprising abilities of a highly dynamic, single-celled organism to store and retrieve information about its environment. This ability might be attributed to the body structure of the giant […]