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Trick or Treat Month: Slime with Alexis Nikole Nelson!
Oct 31, 2023
Alexis Nikole Nelson, an expert in finding slimy, sticky, gross stuff that you can eat, joins the podcast for Trick or Treat Month. The hosts explore the fascinating world of slime, including slimy plants and animals. They also discuss using hagfish slime, corn roots, and okra slime for jewelry. Other topics include sneaky subscriptions, national parks, and slimy behaviors in organisms like glowing mucus and biofilms.
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- Slime molds have electrical properties and can be used as electronic components in bio-computing.
- Various animals, including hagfish, use slime for defense and reproductive purposes.
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Slimy Slime Tech: Exploring the Potential of Slime in Technology
Slime molds and bacteria exhibit fascinating properties that have caught the attention of scientists. Slime molds like Bicerum polycephalum can solve mazes and carry out complex tasks that resemble computation. They respond to environmental stimuli and exhibit electrical properties, making them intriguing subjects for bio-computing research. Additionally, bacteria can form biofilms and create structures like snotites, which have unique properties due to their extremophile nature. These findings open up possibilities for using slime in electronic components like memristors and exploring unconventional computing methods. While bio-computing is an emerging field, the potential applications of slime in technology are still being explored.
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