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A slime with memory

By Stephen Ornes / October 25, 2012

A slime mold, like the one shown here, leaves a trail of snotlike goo behind it. New research shows that a slime mold can tell where it’s been and usually avoids traveling on its own previous paths. Credit: Courtesy of Audrey Dussutour

Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged Chris R. Reid, getinvolved, memory, microorganism, mucus, nuclei, nucleus, P. polycephalum, Physarum polycephalum, plasmodium, protists, slime mold, unicellular life. cells, University of Sydney

The algae invasion

By Stephen Ornes / May 11, 2010

One of the world’s simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged algae, Classification, protists