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Some stories I have loved recently

I haven’t been posting many links lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t found many beautiful things across the internet (and in the real world). Here’s a collection of stories and news that has inspired my creativity, joy, and a sense of kinship in me.

This Emergence Magazine story by Lucy Jones is a lovely dive into the world of slime molds

“Another mystery is why slime molds have evolved to be so bright and beautiful. What function does the iridescence have? This has not been studied at all, but she has a theory. She thinks it’s a protective layer which may strengthen the membrane and protect the spores from rain, which makes them vulnerable to fungal attack.”

In this essay, Lucy Jones winds her way through her own fascination with slime molds near her home in the UK, their gross-out factor, and the history of slime molds as well as their innate slimy intellect and the concepts of awe. It’s gorgeous, like everything over at Emergence.