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Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds.\nDiscover the new materials made from hagfish slime\u2026 the social life of a slime mold\u2026 and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots.\nPlus, it\u2019s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there\u2019s no escape from The Blob!\nGuests:\n\n\nTori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center\n\n\nDouglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada\n\n\nJohn Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds\n\n\n\nChris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology\n\n\nAndre Bormanis - Television Writer and Producer\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices