all science fiction begins with science

It's hard to get my attention these days.  There are so many headlines, and sometimes I feel so overwhelmed by the quantity and enormity of the issues that I just skim through and get back to work.

But today I read an article that began this way:

"It is bright yellow, can creep along at a speed of up to 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) per hour, can solve problems even though it doesn't have a brain and can heal itself if it is cut in two.

 

Meet the "blob," an unusual organism which will go on display Saturday at the Paris Zoological Park, as part of a first-of-its-kind exhibition intended to showcase its rare abilities.

 

The slime mold, which is known officially as physarum polycephalum (or "the many headed slime") is neither a plant, an animal or a fungus. It doesn't have two sexes -- male and female -- it has 720. And it can also split into different organisms and then fuse back together, according to a press release from the Zoological Park.

 

Whoa.  You can read the rest HERE.