Nature’s Engineer: Slime Mold’s Remarkable Railway Design

Discover the astonishing capabilities of slime mold in this eye-opening clip featuring mycologist Paul Stamets. Watch as he explains how this simple organism outsmarted human ingenuity by optimizing the layout of Japan’s railway system. The experiment showcases the power of biomimicry, where a slime mold was tasked with mapping out the most efficient routes between food sources representing Tokyo’s urban centers. The result? A network strikingly similar to the actual Tokyo Metro, demonstrating that sometimes, nature’s solutions are the most ingenious.

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