But after stupefying generations of researchers, Physarum polycephalum — “many-headed slime,” which may be a cooler name than “the blob” — is making its public debut Saturday at the Paris Zoological Park. ADAD“We don’t really know if it’s an animal, if it’s a fungus, if it’s in between,” David said. Researchers who sliced up pieces of the organism and sprinkled them in a maze watched them consolidate back into its original form. ADADAfter introducing the experiment to a new blob and allowing it to merge with another, the new super blob showed incredible wisdom. We know the blob can find a way.

Source: Washington Post October 17, 2019 15:45 UTC