Slime Mold

Brainless Slime Mold Secretes Memories to Solve Problems

By Christine Hsu | Oct 09, 2012 02:12 PM EDT

Slime molds use a type of spatial "memory" to navigate through a maze to find food, despite lacking a brain.

eye bacteria

Eye-Eating Amoeba Causes Blindness in Contact Lens Wearers

By Christine Hsu | Sep 06, 2012 05:00 PM EDT

Contact lens wearers beware: scientists have warned that people who don't clean that lenses properly are at the mercy of a tap water-dwelling bug that can gnaw through eyeballs and cause blindness.

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