What self-driving cars can learn from brainless slime mold. | Verge Science

The slime mold is a brainless collection of cells that may look like a blob of Jell-O, but it’s constantly making complex decisions to keep itself alive. A closer look using timelapse photography, produced by Spine Films: bit.ly/2nUdUVV. | bioGraphic

1.4M views · 875 reactions | Meet the charismatic slime mold Physarum, which can learn, make decisions, and go through mazes without a brain, and the researchers studying it. Tune in or stream "Secret Mind of Slime" tonight at 9/8c on PBS: https://to.pbs.org/3ij127j | NOVA l PBS | Facebook

Genius Slime mold solves a maze! Meet Jerry, our labs new pet slime mold. Jerry is a member of the species physarum polycephalum and even though Jerry is made of just one single giant cell, Jerry can do complex tasks like solving a maze. Isn't Jerry amazing?! #experiment #slimemold #biology #microbe #maze #puzzle #bio #science #microscope | The thought emporium

Check out this time-lapse of a slime mold pulsating, captured by Fascinated By Fungi This is a. Slime molds are not actually a fungi, the common name slime mold is used for several kinds of eukaryotic organisms. The name refers to a particular stage in the life cycle of some of these organisms, where they resemble a gelatinous slime. Slime molds have neither a brain nor a central nervous system, nor any neurons. Nevertheless, some scientists argue they exhibit intelligence since they can "learn"

205K views · 4.9K reactions | An incredible time lapse of slime mold plasmodium pulsing or ‘breathing’ driven by cytoplasmic streaming. Slime molds run on a ‘network intelligence’ to coordinate their senses across the plasmodium. How cool! Thanks, Fascinated by Fungi for sharing this video! | Paul Stamets | Facebook