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

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

The organism is a methane producing member of a group of microbes known as Archaea.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

When fossil evidence existed for a particular organism, the scientists used its estimated age to anchor that branch of the tree.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026

Sexual reproduction demands the collapse of an organism into a single cell, but then requires that single cell to expand back into an organism.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee