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organism

[awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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The multi-eyed organism will serve as the centerpiece of “the N.E.S.T.,” an EIT-designed section of Meow Wolf’s new 26,000-square-foot immersive exhibition space.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Kevin Monsalvo, 26, has followed in the footsteps of Granados and said things are different for him since he learned more about the organism threatened with extinction.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Scientists from Lund University and the University of Sussex report that all vertebrates can be traced back to this ancient, one-eyed organism.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

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

But the real conundrum that heredity solves is much more general: What is the nature of instruction that allows an organism to build a nose—any nose—in the first place?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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