If you've recently made the (mildly horrifying) discovery of a slimy growth in your mulch that looks like vomit…well, you're probably wondering what on earth it is and how best to get rid of it. Yes, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellow slime mold on mulch - Janny2/Shutterstock The same hydrogen peroxide you have stashed away in your bathroom medicine ...

The pink slime often seen in bathrooms is actually Serratia marcescens, a type of bacteria that thrives in damp conditions by consuming soap residues. Although it poses minimal risk to healthy ...

This story originally appeared on WIRED UK. Enter The Blob—a yellowish chunk of slime mold set to make its debut at the Paris Zoological Park on Saturday. With nearly 720 sexes, and the ability to ...

Slime mold has one of the worst public images of any single-celled organism. For one thing, the Physarum polycephalum, as it's scientifically called, has a gross nickname evoking a drippy texture and ...

Slime molds may not have brains, but that isn't preventing some computer scientists from investigating them for their potential as novel, unconventional computers. A slime mold consists of a single ...

In 2016, CNRS scientists demonstrated that the slime mold Physarum polycephalum, a single-cell organism without a nervous system, could learn to no longer fear a harmless but aversive substance and ...

“I found an odd-looking substance in my mulched beds next to a boxwood last week. This garden bed was replanted a few weeks ago and mulched with shredded bark. At first, I thought my dog had been sick ...

Slime mold Tokyo rail system: Scientists discovered slime mold creates efficient transport networks. This organism's natural behavior resembles Tokyo's railway system. The slime mold connects food ...

Flip over a rotting log and chances are you’ll see a goopy streak stuck to the wood. If you were to film this goop and play the video back in high speed, you’d see something that might remind you of ...