organisms
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Oaks support a wide range of organisms, anchoring entire ecosystems, and also serve the vital task of storing carbon on a warming planet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The experiments were carried out in fission yeast, and results from simple organisms do not always translate directly to humans.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
For Mr. Damasio, “consciousness is a biological process that allows organisms equipped with a nervous system to discover their own existence and the existence of a surrounding universe.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Many plants and basic organisms can sense things in their environments and change their behaviors accordingly, but this does not require them to have an awareness of their selves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Scientists studying living organisms were far more preoccupied with other matters: embryology, cell biology, the origin of species, and evolution.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
