[HN Gopher] Slime Molds [video]
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Slime Molds [video]
Author : oatmeal1
Score : 75 points
Date : 2023-08-25 18:48 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| comboy wrote:
| If this interests you I suggest Entangled Life by Merlin
| Sheldrake. Fungi are fascinating.
|
| https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50664430-entangled-life
| xipho wrote:
| Ze Frank is the healthiest thing I've discovered on the internet
| for a while (when you need to laugh), see related video on Slime
| Molds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltvGZUvpvw
|
| [edit- spelling]
| pcdoodle wrote:
| Frank Gang! So good.
| shahar2k wrote:
| ze frank has been one of my favorite things on the internet
| since before youtube :)
|
| what's your power move?
|
| https://youtu.be/SBPXd6GZPqQ
| thrownblown wrote:
| Fabuloso
| _a_a_a_ wrote:
| That was the most information-dense Ze Frank vid I've ever
| seen. Very little of the trademark humour (except for bebbes)
| but very interesting indeed & seriously worth a watch.
| contingencies wrote:
| Observing nature is really fascinating, and it's everywhere -
| even in your fridge! Should you find something you can't identify
| try https://inaturalist.org/ which makes recording, sharing,
| discussing, identifying and correcting audio or still image media
| based observations easy and is of great utility to biologists
| tasked with understanding and environmentalists protecting our
| remnant biodiversity. Just be sure to mark cultivated specimens
| as 'casual'. Also a great lead-in for kids to many branches of
| science, structured thinking and (in the lead-up to Christmas)
| fun stuff like microscopy.
| wannabebarista wrote:
| Earlier this year, I found a big yellow blob in my garden with no
| idea what it was. It disappeared the next day (basically baked in
| the sun) then reappeared a few days later several yards away. The
| color in person was really striking! It turns out it is a Jasmine
| slime mold [0]. It has been creeping around my garden off and on
| ever since.
|
| [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuligo_septica
| teekert wrote:
| Had one in my garden as well last month! Here we call them
| "Witch's butter" [0]. It was there for some days and seemed to
| move a bit over those days but then crumbled indeed.
|
| [0] https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heksenboter
| verytrivial wrote:
| This is literally my favouriate living thing beyond my
| immediate family. Even the names are amazing: dog vomit
| slimemould. I mean COME ON.
| Kaijo wrote:
| There's a rare ascomycete fungus, Nectrioposis violacea, that
| parasitises Fuligo septica and turns it from yellow to blue in
| color. There seem to be various color morphs, one I found was a
| really spectacular deep violet-blue. The ecology of these
| specialized fungal parasites whose hosts are themselves rare or
| very patchily distributed really fascinates me.
| weopew wrote:
| https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/en/records/item/12395-a-monog...
|
| ( Permalink https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/12395 )
|
| A link to a pdf of the resource with color plates of the
| watercolor illustrations by Gulielma Lister that inspired one of
| the naturalists featured in the video.
|
| They are in the later pages and they are beautiful.
|
| https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulielma_Lister
| epiccoleman wrote:
| This is really cool! Not at all the mental picture I had for
| "slime molds," even having heard of them before.
|
| The little drawing/paintings(?) of them around 2 minutes in are
| also gorgeous. Really cool skill for a naturalist to be able to
| sketch/draw/paint what you find.
| contingencies wrote:
| Caught my eye too. I'm pretty sure they were signed reduced
| giclee prints of larger original watercolors. If they were
| originals, they're executed in an uncommonly small format which
| is somewhat ridiculous from an artistic efficiency and control
| standpoint. I've known some miniature artists in the past and
| it tends to be the 'only' thing they're in to, but eccentricity
| dies hard...
| BruceEel wrote:
| Brilliant! And for forgive me for jumping in to recommend one my
| all-time Philip K. Dick favorites: _Clans of the Alphane Moon_ ,
| as it features the memorable and adorable _Lord Running Clam_ a
| telepathic, intelligent and friendly slime mold from Ganymede.
| dang wrote:
| Related:
|
| _The Beauty and Diversity of Slime Molds_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34890433 - Feb 2023 (1
| comment)
|
| _Scientists create living smartwatch powered by slime mold_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33976876 - Dec 2022 (3
| comments)
|
| _Coordination Headwind: How organizations are like slime molds_
| - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727144 - June 2022 (10
| comments)
|
| _Slime molds' complex ability to detect mass from a distance_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29114686 - Nov 2021 (42
| comments)
|
| _The 'blob': zoo showcases slime mold with 720 sexes that can
| heal itself (2019)_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27617789 - June 2021 (2
| comments)
|
| _Simulating Slime Mold_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26694857 - April 2021 (1
| comment)
|
| _Show HN: Play with Shaders Inspired by Slime Mold_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26619871 - March 2021 (23
| comments)
|
| _A single cell slime mold makes decisions without a central
| nervous system_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26285926 -
| Feb 2021 (76 comments)
|
| _How the humble slime mold helped physicists map the cosmic web_
| - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25602327 - Jan 2021 (1
| comment)
|
| _In slime molds, evolution selects 'loners' who refrain from
| collective behavior_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22727215 - March 2020 (33
| comments)
|
| _Evolution selects for 'loners' in slime molds_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22658691 - March 2020 (10
| comments)
|
| _Slime molds remember, but do they learn?_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17491547 - July 2018 (11
| comments)
|
| _Slime Molds solve the travelling salesman problem_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4304427 - July 2012 (3
| comments)
|
| _Slime Molds- single cell organism solves shortest path
| algorithm_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4303169 - July
| 2012 (1 comment)
|
| _Using A Slime-Mold To Calculate Minimum Spanning Trees_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3970427 - May 2012 (20
| comments)
|
| _Slime mold grows network just like Tokyo rail system_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072876 - Jan 2010 (21
| comments)
|
| _Communication networks inspired by slime mould_ -
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1071093 - Jan 2010 (1
| comment)
| Waterluvian wrote:
| The time lapse of the yellow mold was amazing.
|
| And it kind of reminds me of cellular automata... maybe because
| that's my current distraction. With so few rules they begin doing
| fascinating stuff.
| jayGlow wrote:
| They're also pretty good at urban planning it turns out. nature
| is full of simple things with deceptively complex behaviors.
|
| https://phys.org/news/2022-01-virtual-slime-mold-subway-netw...
| 666_666_666 wrote:
| humans are not much different from slime mold,,,actually all live
| is just evolved version/part of gigantic slime mold. humanity
| might take wrong turns or die out,,,but it the end it does not
| matter,,,live/slime mold will go on
| oofnik wrote:
| This was delightful. Thank you for the reminder that a simple
| hobby driven by curiosity can be the source of so much joy.
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