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scienceblog.com > d-slime-mould-has-no-brain-no-neurons-and-no-central-control-yet-when-scientists-placed-food-at-36-locations-matching-cities-around-tokyo-it-grew-a-network-strikingly-similar-to-the-rail-system

Slime mould has no brain, no neurons and no central control, yet when scientists placed food at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo, it grew a network strikingly similar to the rail system — with comparable efficiency, cost and resilience

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (462+ words) A single-celled organism with no brain solved a transportation puzzle that took human engineers decades to perfect. Published September 9, 2026 · How we edit A brainless yellow blob spread across a wet plate in a Japanese lab and, meaning nothing by it,…...

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scienceblog.com > t-mantis-shrimp-12-color-receptors-poor-hue-discrimination

The mantis shrimp is routinely described as seeing millions more colours than humans, but a 2014 Science study found something stranger: despite having 12 colour receptors, it was surprisingly poor at distinguishing similar hues. Researchers proposed that it scans colours more like a barcode reader than a painter’s eye—potentially sacrificing fine discrimination for faster recognition.

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (249+ words) By Natural History · Edited by Lachlan Brown Published August 23, 2026 · How we edit The team studied Haptosquilla trispinosa, a small mantis shrimp found on shallow reefs. The animals were trained to associate light of a particular wavelength with food. In the…...