organisms

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For a bucket of gravel it’s tedious, for minerals it’s difficult, and for living organisms it’s surely impossible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"We think of these algorithms in nature as an explanation for how organisms will behave and as a way to try to make sense of the world," Navlakha says.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

"Just as humans have to solve problems to survive, the same goes for other organisms," says Zheng, now a postdoc at the Allen Institute.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Based on the shapes and chemistry of the specimens, researchers believe some may represent sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, organisms that use sulfur in their metabolism.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The toxins of diphtheria bacilli and streptococci are produced when the organisms have been infected by bacteriophage; it is the virus that provides the code for toxin.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas