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Slime Mold Smarts

Clip: Season 6 Episode 5 | 2m 1s

Produced for NOVA and Scientific American by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Written by Anna Rothschild and Ferris Jabr Animated and Edited by Anna Rothschild Production Help from Allison Eck Original Footage ©WGBH Educational Foundation 2012 (Trans-Canadian Slimeways video) Courtesy Professor Andrew Adamatzky, UWE, Bristol (slime in petri dish) Courtesy Audrey Dussutour

Aired: 11/06/12 | Rating: NR

Funding for NOVA ScienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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