Posted by: Sandy Steinman | June 30, 2026

Physicists Discover How Slime Mold ‘Makes Decisions’ Without a Brain

Science Alert reports

Slime molds are slippery, nebulous beings.

They’re not true molds. They’re not even fungi. For most of their lives, they exist as either plasmodia or amoebae, and they refuse to be held back by the rigid structures that govern other life forms.

Slime molds are also renowned for somehow, without brains or even nervous systems, exhibiting behavior that could be described as intelligent.

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