When scientists find a round, lumpy object they can’t totally explain, they call it a “blob.” Here are our nine favorite blobs of 2019. Source: https://www.livescience.com/best-blobs-of-2019.html
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This Brainless, Single-Celled Blob Can Make Complex ‘Decisions’
The blob will make decisions to move if in the presence of an irritating substance. Source: https://www.livescience.com/single-celled-organisms-decisions.html
This ‘Blob’ of Radiation Might Be a Long-Lost Neutron Star
In 1987, a star exploded, creating the brightest supernova to light up Earth’s skies in 400 years. That star’s corpse has been missing for 30 years. Now, researchers think they’ve found it. Source: https://www.livescience.com/hidden-neutron-star-supernova-1987A.html
Human-Size Blob Drifts by Divers. And It’s Packed with Hundreds of Thousands of Baby Squid.
A trio of divers off the western coast of Norway had a close encounter with a drifting gelatinous blob — a squid’s egg sac as big as an adult human. Source: https://www.livescience.com/giant-squid-egg-sac.html
This Brainless ‘Blob’ Could Take Over the Paris Zoo, If You Give It Enough Oatmeal
The Paris Zoological Park is debuting a new exhibit on ‘the blob’ — a brainless, single-cell slime mold with incredible problem-solving potential. Source: https://www.livescience.com/paris-zoo-blob-slime-mold.html
Divers encounter incredible underwater ‘blob’
This remarkable object, which is believed to be a mass of squid eggs, was found in the waters off Norway’s coast. Like a huge, delicate bubble floatin… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331350/divers-encounter-incredible-underwater-blob…