Science is not for the impatient

[sovay]

So I spent most of my Yom Kippur afternoon at the doctor's, which was completely unnecessary. (I aten't dead.) On the bright side, I am about to leave for break-fast with derspatchel and I still love science:

One question never far from scientists' minds is how events might unfold were a giant slime mould to emerge in the Far East and embark on global domination . . . After a series of simple experiments involving agar, a globe, a bag of oats, and an obliging slime mould, an answer, of sorts, is now at hand.

I remember when slime mold modeled Tokyo's railways. I had no idea it felt so strongly about the Silk Road.

Happy new year!

Comments

[sovay]

I love that the URL of that article is "slime-mould-world."

I also like International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. selidor's Loki probably publishes there.

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

What? I didn't notice that title. That is awesome, and I bet you're right.

[sovay]

What? I didn't notice that title.

It's where the world of slime mold paper is appearing. (If you can't see the full article, let me know and I'll send you a copy.)

lesser_celery has published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, which I will never tire of knowing is a real scientific journal having nothing to do with bad Goth poetry.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

(I can download it--thanks for the link)

[sovay]

(I can download it--thanks for the link)

Awesome! I am always glad when academic journals are not jerks about this sort of thing.

[gwynnega]

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

That is marvelous!!