@karl.barx: 96 hour timelapse of slime mold (#Physarum polycephalum) doing its thing, making an incredibly efficient network between 28 randomly spaced and sized oats. #slimemold #biology #Science #networking
In japan they used Slime mold to see if their train railway system was fully optimized by putting out a map with food as major hubs and the slime mold made an almost exact copy of same rail way system map
2025-12-05 06:35:50
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garrettzzz :
This is how Japan designed some of its subway systems
2025-12-04 14:40:23
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Angtastic :
Crazy how it reaches out then retracts, reaches out and retracts
2025-12-04 13:41:28
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Subble :
You can see how much faster it spreads once its food supply grows. Wild stuff
2025-12-04 18:22:33
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Bob the truck driver :
Interesting how it had to recolonize the first node and almost the second.
2025-12-04 18:24:07
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Crunschiii :
The last of us:
2026-01-01 19:06:01
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Layton Hart :
So it is wild to see that the original node is not fully inoculated until the mold has exhausted all other paths. At which point it goes back over its steps to fortify the original node.
2025-12-05 12:28:03
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My Name Here :
my ranked teammates trying to find nutrients
2026-01-22 18:51:46
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bg2stl :
The way, the slime mold re-organized itself, reinforcing the most energy efficient pathways between food sources is a model for how transit authorities can reroute rail lines and roads for optimal efficiency! By creating scale models of the geography using oats as the cities you want to design transportation infrastructure between.
2025-12-05 19:32:07
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Skete :
The way it starts searching faster and wider the more nutrients it gets, so cool
2025-12-06 05:49:17
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Alex :
The consistencies in nature are so interesting it’s crazy that flowing rivers, lightning, and even slime mold all have a very similar way of branching into fractals
2025-12-06 04:00:08
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sundaylover :
I had a pet slime mold but it dried out. I still have it dried out c0rpse 😭
2026-02-02 00:49:57
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Backyard Survivor :
its like small towns that with interlocking roadways
2025-12-04 11:20:09
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Gin Oka :
new shinkansen progress 👍
2026-01-16 07:58:43
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redfield.bmp :
is this stranger things?
2025-12-04 19:13:07
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tipsy :
типа как нейроны
2025-12-04 15:35:23
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Я.Л.К.В.М.О.М. :
Я бы хотел поигра в игру где мы управляем подрбным грибом в лесу и ищем источники пищи, думаю было бы раслабляюще
2025-12-06 08:08:06
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k0shar_1k :
а потом хрюкают и убегают
2026-01-22 09:32:11
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Eraesc :
Их ещё для постройки дорог используют
2025-12-30 13:08:01
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etm.c :
Спорят
2026-01-06 15:47:00
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Fate ⨷ :
Can it stop doing that
2025-12-06 19:22:31
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anita :
What are the white flashes? Are the oats getting misted with water?
2025-12-04 13:19:41
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krimpetsandjam :
acts exactly how neurons make new connections
2025-12-04 18:47:14
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Figgmentation :
Me when I eat my oats
2025-12-04 17:45:17
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Andromeda :
it reminds me of how lightning finds its path
2025-12-04 17:50:50
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