Bacterial biofilms and slime molds are more than crude patches of goo. Detailed time-lapse microscopy reveals how they sense and explore their surroundings, communicate with their neighbors and adaptively reshape themselves.
The slime mold Physarum polycephalum forms a network of cytoplasmic veins as it spreads across a surface.
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