Solving Complex Problems Without a Brain Slime molds are amoeboid organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista and they inhabit moist environments, feeding on microorganisms found in decaying ...

Aggregation in slime molds has long fascinated scientists who study the origins of multicellularity—that is, how our single-celled ancestors came together to form tissues, eventually enabling the ...

There are plenty of thought-provoking surprises: For one, the gratifyingly gloopy behavior of slime molds that pile up ... and that seaweed is a protist rather than a plant. The rods, spirals ...