Recent evidence showing that slime mold can react to its environment and even find the best ways toward food.

by Elana Spivack, Sep. 1, 2023

Sixty-five years ago this month, an iconic horror movie made a star out of Steve McQueen and showed disappointingly little of its titular character.

That movie, The Blob, involves a goo that crashes down to Earth, and McQueen as a tough teen who tries to warn others of the encroaching sentient slime. (And it features plenty of outdated gender problems, like teen girls who don’t speak unless they’re talking about a puppy or their baby brother, because women are only useful for their maternal instincts.)

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Source: https://www.inverse.com/science/the-blob-slime-molds-reel-science