Biology
The Brainless Slime That Designed the Tokyo Subway
Discover how Physarum polycephalum, a brainless, single-celled slime mold, solves complex mazes and recreates the Tokyo subway using natural algorithms.
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Discover how Physarum polycephalum, a brainless, single-celled slime mold, solves complex mazes and recreates the Tokyo subway using natural algorithms.