Slime mold is fascinating, because though it’s only a single cell organism with no brain, it somehow stretches its…
Slime molds and fungi might not rank high on anyone’s list of favorite organisms, but there is a compelling beauty…
You probably don’t give too much thought to slime molds—the bizarre, colonial organisms that look like blobs of goo.…
Why exactly does the melting of the West Antarctica ice sheet matter? (Hint: look at that image.) What's the secret to seamless driving in Google's automated car? Why are we racing slime molds? Catch up in this week's Landscape Reads!

Theoretically, a perfect robot face would look normal. But until we reach utter perfection, everything that falls…
Slime molds have evolved to produce some of the most efficient networks seen in nature, but just how good are they?…
This shimmering, metallic structure isn't a new configuration of carbon nanotubes. It's actually a slime mold, which…