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Eshel Ben-Jacob saw bacterial colonies as canvases—and let them paint. (infosec.pub)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow, I'd not heard of this. Here's a great article on it, and also fun to read:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/colonies-of-growing-bacteria-make-psychedelic-art-22351157/

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago

Smithsonian have some really good stuff! Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen this before

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

So he spread nutrients in a pattern first, right?

[–] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

That's lovely. Thank you