Single-celled slime mold has no brain or nervous system but remembers where it got its last meal

The single-celled Physarum polcephalum, or slime mold, does not have a brain or nervous system, but is able to remember the location of a food source, a new study reveals. German scientist sound the bright yellow slime mold records where its last meal was by changing the shape of its tubular tendrils. If it encounters … Read more

Young woman spreads green slime around her grandfather’s kitchen in hard-hitting anti-Covid advert 

A hard-hitting new anti-Covid advert, complete with horror movie soundtrack, has been released by the Scottish government to encourage the public to adhere to the restrictions. The chilling video aims to warn viewers just how easily the virus can be spread by using filthy green slime as a graphic visual aid. As the granddaughter moves … Read more

The new elixir of youth? Snail slime! SARAH BARCLAY puts it to the test

Snail slime? Hmm. It doesn’t exactly have the same ring as past flavour-of-the-moment beauty ingredients such as Caviar and rose-stem cells. Snail mucus sounds more like something Bear Grylls would slap on a companion to deal with a nasty sunburn. Nevertheless, snail mucin (as it is technically known) is the hot ingredient of the moment. … Read more

Houston we have a slime blob! Astronauts release Nickelodeons’ iconic green slime on the ISS

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have received a range of items to test in microgravity, but the most bizarre may be a package of green slime. Nickelodeon, a children’s television network, launched its iconic green slime to the craft last year and recently shared footage of the crew releasing it inside. The astronauts played … Read more

Slug slime may may glue together wounds more securely with less scarring

Slug slime could create stronger glue to prevent scarring and infection in surgery, suggest scientists. The defensive slime is produced by a common garden slug found in the UK to fouls the jaws of any would-be predator . The Dusky Arion slug which can grow up to seven centimeters long can be found in gardens … Read more

Coronavirus ‘slathers the insides of lungs in slime’ Cleveland Clinic experts discover

A new study from one of the nation’s top hospitals is giving health experts an inside look into what the novel coronavirus does to the lungs. Dr Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, director of pulmonary pathology at the Cleveland Clinic, reported the results of two autopsies, including one of a 77-year-old Oklahoma man who died from the virus. … Read more

Exclusive extract from DAVID WALLIAMS’ multi-million best-selling new book Slime 

What better way to entertain children at home than with an exclusive peek at David Walliams’ new children’s book, Slime – only in today’s Daily Mail. It’s the story of Ned, a little boy who has lived on the Isle of Mulch all his life, battling the adults who make the local children’s lives a … Read more

Exclusive extract from DAVID WALLIAMS’ multi-million best-selling new book Slime 

What better way to entertain children at home than with an exclusive peek at David Walliams’ new children’s book, Slime – only in today’s Daily Mail. It’s the story of Ned, a little boy who has lived on the Isle of Mulch all his life, battling the adults who make the local children’s lives a … Read more