Enter the slime mold smartwatch, and a gooey, heartwarming story of love and care between human and machine, mediated by mold. The research was based around a simple watch-based heart rate monitor.

Both of these are types of slime mold. Slime molds are not a true fungus. They belong to the kingdom Protista and exist in nature as unstructured blobs. They feed on the bacteria that are working ...

Slime molds were likely an inspiration for the 1958 science-fiction film, “The Blob,” scientists say. And it’s in these plasmodial, “blob” states that they spread like highway networks ...

Kathleen Boehm, Libertyville What you are describing in your garden sounds a lot like dog vomit slime mold. Slime molds, of which there are many different kinds, can be found on a variety of ...

A neon-yellow slime mold can store memories, even though it lacks a nervous system. Now, scientists have found a new clue as to how the brainless blob manages this impressive feat. When fused ...

Slime mold thrives in the presence of water, shade and dead, decaying leaves. Photo by Emily Johnson. About a week ago, we noticed an intruder in our front yard — a vivid yellow, blob-like ...

You don’t need a brain to learn something new – not if you’re a slime mold, anyway. Scientists who watched Physarum polycephalum search for food found that the slime mold could learn to ...

Could have just asked a slime mold. When presented with oat flakes arranged in the pattern of Japanese cities around Tokyo, brainless, single-celled slime molds construct networks of nutrient ...

The mass on the ground in the photo looks like dog vomit slime mold that is starting to dry up. Slime molds, of which there are many different kinds, can be found on a variety of surfaces ...

Slime mold in a petri dish. New research finds that slime molds can store memories by changing the diameter of the branching tubes they use to explore their environment, allowing them to keep ...