organism
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Earlier in its evolutionary history, the organism appears to have possessed two eyes or at least two groups of cells capable of detecting light.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
My understanding is that this is because of the lifespan of the organism: It takes a while to develop into something infectious.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
At field stations and in Stanford laboratories, the scientists measured how much oxygen each organism consumed under different water temperatures.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The organism that is a firm has collections of workers who have process knowledge that is held collectively across the whole workforce and its supply chain.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
In this sense, the Art of Fugue and the St. Matthew Passion were, for the evolving organism of human thought, feathered wings, apposing thumbs, new layers of frontal cortex.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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It also demonstrates how research on unusual organisms can expose biological processes that have remained hidden despite potentially operating for hundreds of millions of years.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
That question matters because microbial organisms dominated Earth for roughly 90 percent of the planet's history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The microscopic organisms can look like blue-green paint, scum or greenish-brown discolouration.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many of these organisms are capable of surviving under extreme conditions, including very high temperatures and strongly acidic or alkaline environments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
And Adah, helpful as always, would chime in with the list of what disease organisms were likely to be present.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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