Tag: protists
Fossil Friday: Eozoön, the Dawn Animal Fallen from Grace
In modern paleontology it is still a very common phenomenon that fossils are over-interpreted by the scientists and over-hyped in the media.
Compact Factory Optimizes Shape for Efficiency — A New Level of Intelligent Design in Life
A microbe was found to organize its electron transport machinery in a way that bends the membrane for optimum energy utilization.
Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor
Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders.
Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies
Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years!
Namacalathus, Alleged Ediacaran “Animal,” Fails to Refute Abrupt Cambrian Explosion
It could be anything, from a coelenterate-grade or sponge-grade organism to even a protist or an alga.