Science & Technology, Weird Stuff, Jan 4th, 2012,
The Green Slime are coming! It sounds like a bad Cold War science fiction movie, but slime is smarter and more cunning than you think. Scientists in Japan are researching how slime molds navigate in search of food. Though slime mold has no brain, it shows signs of intelligence and can even navigate itself through a maze by organizing its cells and finding the most direct route to a food source. From the Telegraph: Humans are not the only living things with information-processing abilities. Simple creatures can solve certain kinds of difficult puzzles. If you want to spotlight the essence…
Tags: intelligence, japan, mould, scientists, slime
Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 19th, 2010,
Summer is coming to an end and that can only mean one thing: it’s time to go back to school. Whether it’s your first year in grade school or your last year of college, you’ll have a lot of work to look forward to. Homework, projects, reports, tests, midterms, pop quizzes, final exams—it’s enough to drive you out of your mind! Not everyone can be at the head of the class, however, so let’s see how you compare with the top 10 smartest animals in the world: 10. Pig Snuffling their way into the tenth spot on our list, pigs…
Tags: animals smarter than humans, ants, cephalopods, chimpanzees, crows, dogs, dolphins, elephants, great apes, intelligence, octopus, parrots, pigs, ravens, smartest animals in the world, squid, top 10 list, whales
