The ancient roots of the global web
Earth's hidden biological internet
The birth of the Noosphere
The digital nervous system
YOUR GOAL
Master of The planetary mind
007skaty The Wood Wide Web
Underneath the moss, through the roots and the clay, The trees are sharing secrets on a forest highway!
007skaty First discovered in Vibrio fischeri, quorum sensing uses signaling molecules called autoinducers to coordinate collective bacterial behaviors.
007skaty Glowing golden slime mold threads map transit routes across a vibrant digital grid.
007skaty Link underground fungal networks to discover how trees communicate and share resources as one.
Tree talk: When a tree is attacked by insects, it sends chemical warning signals through underground fungal webs, prompting neighboring trees to produce defensive chemicals.
The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine branching filaments. In 1997, ecologist Suzanne Simard proved that trees share resources underground using these interconnected fungal webs.
What brainless, single-celled organism successfully mapped Tokyo's transit system in 2010?
What is the biological term for communication used by bacteria to coordinate group actions?
What biological term describes a colony, like an anthill or beehive, behaving as a single living entity?
How long did it take the slime mold in the 2010 Tokyo experiment to map the rail network?