This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Omer Gokcumen is an associate professor of Biological Sciences, University at Buffalo. Slime is everywhere. It shapes the consistency of your ...

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Omer Gokcumen receives funding from National Science Foundation. But while slime is essential for all forms of complex life, its evolutionary origins have remained murky. Slime is made up of proteins ...

Beatrix LeBeau is great a slime ranching. She’s so good that she’s sort of famous? At least, someone noticed, because a mysterious letter invited her to the Rainbow Islands. It’s a haven filled with ...

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The hagfish dates back at least 300 million years. The secret of survival for these eel-like sea creatures can be found in the rate and volume of slime it produces to fend off predators. The hagfish ...

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