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Slime mould has no brain, no neurons and no central control, yet when scientists placed food at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo, it grew a network strikingly similar to the rail system
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Slime mould, without a brain or central control, formed a network similar to Tokyo's rail system when food was placed at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo.
The slime mould's network showed comparable efficiency, cost, and resilience to the actual rail system.
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- Slime mould has no brain, no neurons and no central control
- Slime mould grew a network similar to Tokyo's rail system
- Slime mould, without a brain or central control, formed a network similar to Tokyo's rail system when food was placed at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo.
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Understanding slime mould's behavior could inspire new approaches to network design
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- Sep 9ScienceBlog.com: Slime mould has no brain, no neurons and no central control, yet when scientists placed food at 36 locations matching cities around Tokyo, it grew a network strikingly similar to the rail system — with comparable efficiency, cost and resilience
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