slime molds as models

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/science/04slime.html?_r=1&ref=science

neat stuff about a great group of eukaryotic microbes.

Here's a link to the map experiment that is referred to in here. 

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/05/slime-mold-iberia/