organisms
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As we pieced together the details of how organisms work, the problem was not so much solved as dissolved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
For Mr. Damasio, “consciousness is a biological process that allows organisms equipped with a nervous system to discover their own existence and the existence of a surrounding universe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Many plants and basic organisms can sense things in their environments and change their behaviors accordingly, but this does not require them to have an awareness of their selves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers could not grow the organisms on their own, and A/Prof. Burns says that difficulty may itself reveal something important about their biology.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Again, he veered away from simple organisms, hoping to jump straight into humans.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
