A single-celled slime mold without a brain is inspiring Cambridge, Massachusetts startup Mireta to rethink how subways, bike ...

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Mireta wants to translate slime mold’s superpowers into algorithms that might help improve transit times, alleviate congestion, and more.

Scientists have managed to make a magnetic slime that looks disgusting but is actually quite astounding, if not a tad creepy. The slime is made from a blend of a polymer called polyvinyl alcohol, ...