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

"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

The discovery highlights how living organisms can create highly organized systems without conscious planning or measurement.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

This work argues that even if stars and heavy elements still formed, life might remain impossible if liquids could not flow properly inside organisms.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

Long before the Industrial Revolution, Homo sapiens held the record among all organisms for driving the most plant and animal species to their extinctions.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari