organism

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Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

To build their system, the researchers used the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an organism widely used both in brewing and scientific research.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

To retrieve the organism, the team drilled a 25-meter ice core from a section of the cave called the Great Hall, capturing a frozen record spanning 13,000 years.

From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2026

When that organism generated sperm or eggs, the alleles were split up again—one was passed to the sperm, and one to the egg, only to become combined in the next generation.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee