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You wouldn’t know it just by gazing at its yellowish veins of matter, but the blob is perhaps the most cunning brainless organism on the planet. The single-cell slime mold, which lacks a nervous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last August scientists confirmed clumps of bacteria have no problem surviving on the outside of the International Space Station.

Being compared to a blob-like, single-celled organism in terms of decision-making prowess might sound unflattering at first, but bear with me. Slime molds, unassuming blob-like entities that have ...