TOKYO – At Luida's Bar, Tokyo's biggest Dragon Quest fans gather to share food and drinks themed around the popular role-playing game series, mingling with friendly costumed hostesses. Just another ...

A single-celled slime mold without a brain is inspiring Cambridge, Massachusetts startup Mireta to rethink how subways, bike lanes, roadways, and other city networks are designed for speed, durability ...

Japanese researchers found slime mold secretes organic compounds that repel parasitic nematodes from plant roots without ...

Mireta wants to translate slime mold’s superpowers into algorithms that might help improve transit times, alleviate ...

Want to experience Dragon Quest IRL? Well, you’ll soon have the chance as Yokohama will be hosting the Dragon Quest Carnival in Minato Mirai from July 20 to August 18. The festivities will be spread ...

These very formal Dragon Quest Slime plushies have been produced to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series this year. They're available for 1,500 yen each at the Square Enix merch booth at Tokyo ...

Let’s hear it for slime molds. Researchers in Japan have shown that a slime mold can design a network that is as efficient as one developed by humans over many years: the Tokyo rail system.

Root-knot nematodes cause widespread damage to crops, but chemical pesticides that control them also severely harm soil fertility. Soil-dwelling slime mold secretes compounds that repel these ...