organism

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Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Molecular markers are essential, but they capture only slices of biology. With behavior, you see the whole organism, continuously and non-invasively."

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Genetic analysis confirmed that the organism represents not only a newly identified species but also an entirely new genus.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

“It expresses only the evident fact that...many characteristics of the organism are specified...in unique, separate and thereby independent ways.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee