organism
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If the timing system that controls development fails, an organism may never progress through the stages needed to reach adulthood.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
To investigate how the brain turns social information into action, the researchers used zebrafish, a model organism that allows scientists to monitor brain activity at the level of individual cells.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
In the 1940s, University of Chicago economist Frank H. Knight devised a thought experiment called the Crusonia plant: a miraculous organism that, once planted, yields fruit year after year without any effort.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
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
Tested on the fruit fly, the same organism Muller had used in his original work with X-rays, mustard gas also produced mutations.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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