Eukaryotic cells face the challenging task of transporting a variety of particles through the
complex intracellular milieu in order to deliver, distribute, and mix the many components that …

Abstract Sensing, communication, navigation, decision-making, memory and learning are
key components in a standard cognitive tool-kit that enhance an animal's ability to …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A “brilliant [and] entrancing”(The Guardian) journey into
the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and …

In typical artificial neural networks, neurons adjust according to global calculations of a
central processor, but in the brain, neurons and synapses self-adjust based on local …

The concept of memory is traditionally associated with organisms possessing a nervous
system. However, even very simple organisms store information about past experiences to …

The world's ecosystems are characterized by an unequal distribution of resources [1]. Trade
partnerships between organisms of different species—mutualisms—can help individuals …

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum has been used in develo** unconventional
computing devices for in which the slime mould played a role of a sensing, actuating, and …

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum, an aneural organism, uses information from
previous experiences to adjust its behaviour, but the mechanisms by which this is …

A substrate does not have to be solid to compute. It is possible to make a computer purely
from a liquid. I demonstrate this using a variety of experimental prototypes where a liquid …

The survival of all species requires appropriate behavioral responses to environmental
challenges. Learning is one of the key processes to acquire information about the …