Evidence mounts that organisms without nervous systems can in some sense learn and solve problems, but researchers disagree about whether this is “primitive cognition.” https://media.wired.com/photos/5b490673f4e6546add647e48/master/pass/Physarum_CNRS_2880x1500-2880×1500.jpg
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In NASA simulation, people tote hardy, allergy-inducing molds to Mars
Enlarge / The inflatable lunar/Mars analog habitat, or ILMAH. (credit: Microbiome, 2017) For many Earthlings, our planet is teeming with airborne pollens, spores, and toxins that clog schnozes and turn windpipes wheezy. Sadly, jumping to space rocks may not help, a new NASA study suggests. In a 30-day simulation of living life on another planet, […]
