"On the slime analogy it gets more even insidious - when two strains meet, they either avoid each other or interact. If they interact it always ends badly for one - it can be straight off killed digested or, one one works its way inside and s attacks…"
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Slime mold and human society
Started by Alexandra in Links & Resources. Last reply by ian 5 hours ago. 6 Replies 2 Likes
Daywalker - is it 'blind''?
Started by ian in Exhibitions & Events. Last reply by ian on Sunday. 7 Replies 1 Like
Will dermestid beetles eat physarum?
Started by Evan Brown in Links & Resources. Last reply by Evan Brown Jul 27. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Spores now available!
Started by ian in Links & Resources. Last reply by Evan Brown Jul 22. 1 Reply 2 Likes
How to get a physarum culture
Started by ian in Links & Resources. Last reply by Magnus Peterson Horner Jul 21. 47 Replies 9 Likes
Are physarum eating bacteria on oats?
Started by Adam Strandberg in Links & Resources. Last reply by ian Jun 27. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Contamination tolerance assay
Started by ian in Projects & Ideas. Last reply by ian Jun 21. 7 Replies 2 Likes
Chromatography
Started by ian in Projects & Ideas. Last reply by ian Jun 21. 2 Replies 0 Likes
slimoco online meet up
Started by Heather Barnett in Projects & Ideas. Last reply by Heather Barnett Jun 20. 14 Replies 1 Like
Breaking the Mould
Started by Sam in Links & Resources. Last reply by ian Jun 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Waking up the Blob!
Posted by Shlurek on May 22, 2020 at 16:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
exhibition
Posted by lori solondz on April 3, 2020 at 14:43 0 Comments 0 Likes
The one to rule them all...
Posted by François-Joseph Deminiere on March 11, 2020 at 7:20 0 Comments 0 Likes
Slime mold video "Journey to the Microcosmos"
Posted by Brent on February 18, 2020 at 22:56 0 Comments 0 Likes
Talking with slime molds, the pronoun question
Posted by Jan-Maarten Luursema on December 28, 2019 at 11:13 0 Comments 1 Like
Is Slime Mould generally friendly?
Posted by Martin Maschke on October 24, 2019 at 1:36 3 Comments 0 Likes
Where to get a s.M
Posted by Lasse on October 19, 2019 at 20:34 0 Comments 0 Likes
Do sllime molds die?
Posted by Jan-Maarten Luursema on July 2, 2019 at 21:50 2 Comments 0 Likes
Slime mould art projects
Posted by Núria Rovira Terradas on April 12, 2019 at 16:30 0 Comments 3 Likes
Using Physarum polycephalum to solve the insulin crisis
Posted by Connor Behr on April 8, 2019 at 18:48 1 Comment 2 Likes
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"Hello from America.
I understand what you mean. But an issue with this is that the internet works slightly differently in different countries. Some censor things, or the media doesn't report on it in other countries, it's not in…"
"How to visualise the patterns ? I can take slime mould and turn its movements in to abstractions that tell me things about what it's up to but beyond simple crowd movement ( which slimes model quite well ) how do we visualise shifting human…"
"Exactly. Unpredictable set of events - great hopes, great opportunities and great dangers. It would be interesting to get in touch with some scholars who are researching these processes, especially interdisciplinary studies of such phenomena…"
"Daywalker was bred by me in my early days of raising from spores. The parent strain (X3) came out of the discard dish - I plate out left over spores just in case.
The strains in the discard were spores from the Southern biologicals standard strain…"
"Hi
I'm fascinated - and frightened by what's happening not just in Belarus but in the world in general. People are indeed decentralising and self organising using messaging systems - and it does look a hell of a lot like emergant…"
"Hello everyone, Does anyone have any information on the day walker. Where is he from, nature or laboratory ? If laboratory, which one? If there is already a post on this subject, please let me know. Very good day :-)
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"I figured they might, I know they'll leave live insects alone but will eat fungi. I'm aware slime mold isn't a fungi, but I don't know if the derms know that lol. I have a couple pieces of partially rotting oak I found in the…"
"Some beetles feed on them https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/slime-mold-beetles/
Dunno about dermestids but I have a feeling they'll eat anything with a protein content.
Where's the physarum getting its energy…"
Will dermestid beetles eat physarum?
I'm doing an experiment to see if I can create a self sustaining ecosystem. All components seem compatible so far, but I'm curious if any knows whether or not dermestid beetles will eat physarum.See More
"I could use some, I don't have any at the moment and I just got a new(to me) microscope."
"I would recommend a BH1750 sensor and an Arduino. You can make a cheap lux meter from those."
"Hello Ian!You have sent me slime mold before and I was able to some really amazing artwork with it but unfortunately I ran out of the daywalker species that you sent me and that is the best one for growing for artwork. Is it possible for you send me…"
Slime mold and human society
I joined the collective to find people, researchers who would be interested in observing a real-life social 'experiment' happening in Belarus right now. In short, Belarusians are now behaving a lot like slime mold. Thousands and thousands of people…See More
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Physarum image feed
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Slime mould food choices
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Maze-solving slime
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Slime mould on water
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