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SCI & TECHLOW2h ago · Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM

How I made a slime mould the protagonist of my new sci-fi novel

New Scientist · global

How do you get the science right in a sci-fi book? Columnist Annalee Newitz started by asking many kinds of researchers lots of very strange questions – and ended up in love with slime moulds

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