Life evolved under a persistent 1 g field that is continuous, ubiquitous, and directionally structured.
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Geometry Shapes Life
Cell–cell coupling repositions the mitotic wave origin to the margin and prevents desynchronization.
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Extreme Engineering – Unlocking Design Secrets of Deep-sea Microbes
The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon — a member of what’s known as the third domain of life — and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at […]
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The First Animals On Earth May Have Been Sea Sponges, Study Suggests
A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge.
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Genetic Predisposition Toward Multicellularity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
The evolution from unicellular to multicellular organisms facilitates further phenotypic innovations, notably cellular differentiation.
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A Close Unicellular Relative Reveals Aggregative Multicellularity Was Key To The Evolution Of Animals
How animals evolved complex multicellularity from their unicellular ancestors remains unanswered.
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Whole-genome Duplication Drives Long-term Adaptation
Sometimes, the most significant scientific discoveries happen by accident.
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Examining The Multicellular Behavior Of Magnetotactic Bacteria
In a recent study, NASA-supported researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multi-cellular organism. The organisms in the […]
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A New Clue To How Multicellular Life May Have Evolved
Life emerged on Earth some 3.8 billion years ago. The “primordial soup theory” proposes that chemicals floating in pools of water, in the presence of sunlight and electrical discharge, spontaneously […]
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600 Million Years Of Stress Guide Planet Evolution on Earth
Without plants on land, humans could not live on Earth. From mosses to ferns to grasses to trees, plants are our food, fodder and timber. All this diversity emerged from […]