Solar-Powered Plankton Take Monty Python Advice: Run Away
October 23rd, 2012 |
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At least gazelles can run. But if you’re a tree, a blade of grass, or a hapless kohlrabi, there’s nothing you can do when the choppers, nippers, or clippers of your predator — aka “grazer” — approach. Such is the fate of most photosynthetic organisms, which we landlubbers tend to think of as plants. But [...]
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The protists and I are back — bringing cells, evolution and fossils!
October 26th, 2011 |
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And we’re back! The protists have never actually left, but some of us have pursued them (or rather, employment related to them) all the way into the cornfields of Indiana*. Apologies for the disappearance: I think it’s more precise to say that I clumsily tumbled here in August (still a bit dazed), rather than having [...]
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