When threatened, the marine parchment tube worm secretes a sticky slime that emits a unique long-lasting blue light. New research into how the worm creates and sustains this light suggests that the ...

Despite lacking brains or nervous systems, slime molds are capable of making surprisingly sophisticated decisions: navigating ...

With enough time and patience, research has proven that you can get slime mold — specifically Physarum polycephalum — to do pretty much anything you want it to, such as finding its way out of simple ...