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The unicellular protist Physarum polycephalum is an important emerging model for understanding how aneural organisms process information toward adaptive behavior. Here, it is revealed that Physarum can use mechanosensation to reliably make decisions about distant objects in its environment, preferentially growing in the direction of heavier, substrate‐deforming, but chemically inert masses. This long‐range...
Biomechanical SignalingPhysarum polycephalum, a slime mold with one cell and no brain, is a remarkable new model for understanding basal cognition. Its living material deforms its own structure to interact with the objects around it. In article number 2008161, Michael Levin and co‐workers show that Physarum senses strain in its substrate, using biomechanical signaling to assess the environment and...
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