The game in question put a slime mold organism in an "arena" of agar ... Cira was surprised to find a lack of work on systems that move through space by rearranging their structures.

The slime mold, brainless and blind, understands something we seem to forget: flourishing requires range. Evolution didn’t ...

Slime molds, unassuming blob-like entities that have ... It rewarded it for staying responsive, for moving outward, for trying things that might not pay off today but could save its life tomorrow.