Slime mold solving a maze in the lab @HarvardMagazine

Slime mold solving a maze in the lab @HarvardMagazine

Uploaded March 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Here, see physarum polycephalum (slime mold) solving a maze in the lab; the mold was more efficient than graduate students at finding the exit route.

For more about the problem-solving power inherent in networks, see "Networked," (May-June 2010)

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