noun retÂ·roÂ·gresÂ·sion \Ëre-trÉ-Ëgresh-Én\. : a reversal in development or condition: asa: return to a former and less complex level of development or organizationb: subsidence or decline of symptoms or manifestations of a disease.
Habitat. Slime molds live in somewhat variable habitats all over the world. Generally slime molds live in damp areas of vegetation. They live under rotting logs and damp leaves. Some of the other habitats that slime molds will inhabit include water such as tropical fish tanks.
Examples of slime molds navigating around mountains in (a) the US and (b) Germany. Credit: Adamatzky. Â©2013 IEEE. Although these results are interesting in their own right, Adamatzky predicts that slime molds and other living organisms have much more to offer to the field of computing in the future.