Atsushi Tero of Hokkaido University grew the slime mold "Physarum polycephalum" in a flat wet dish, placing the mold in a central position representing Tokyo and oat flakes surrounding it corresponding to the locations of other major cities in the Greater Tokyo Area.
Atsushi Tero of Hokkaido University grew the slime mold "Physarum polycephalum" in a flat wet dish. He placed the mold in a central position representing Tokyo, and he placed oat flakes in the dish corresponding to the locations of other major cities in the Greater Tokyo Area.