Slime Mold Smarts
Clip: Season 6 Episode 5 | 2m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Slime molds may be brainless, but they aren’t stupid.
Produced for NOVA and Scientific American by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Written by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Animated and Edited by Anna Rothschild Production Help from Allison Eck Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2012 (Trans-Canadian Slimeways video) Courtesy Professor Andrew Adamatzky, UWE, Bristol (slime in petri dish) Courtesy Audrey Dussutour
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Slime Mold Smarts
Clip: Season 6 Episode 5 | 2m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
Produced for NOVA and Scientific American by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Written by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Animated and Edited by Anna Rothschild Production Help from Allison Eck Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2012 (Trans-Canadian Slimeways video) Courtesy Professor Andrew Adamatzky, UWE, Bristol (slime in petri dish) Courtesy Audrey Dussutour
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