Our oldest microbial ancestors were way ahead of their time
Specialized internal structures were present over 1.5 billion years ago.
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Read more: A Toxic Algae Bloom Is Killing California’s Sea LionsSea lions and dolphins that swim off California’s central coast are dying. Toxic algae blooms off the state’s coast are believed to be stranding and even killing the marine animals at alarming rates, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad…
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Billion-year-old grease hints at long history of complex cells
Read more: Billion-year-old grease hints at long history of complex cellsOur ancestors once thrived on cholesterols that are now just reaction intermediates.
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The Stinky Seaweed Blob Approaching Florida Is Absolutely Humongous
Read more: The Stinky Seaweed Blob Approaching Florida Is Absolutely HumongousIn the Atlantic Ocean, between the coasts of West Africa and the Caribbean, there’s a disjointed series of mats and clumps of brown, tangled algae known as sargassum seaweed. It’s supposed to be there. Or, at least, some of it is. In the Sargasso Sea—t…
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A 5,000-Mile-Wide Blob of Stinky Seaweed Is Headed Straight for Florida
Read more: A 5,000-Mile-Wide Blob of Stinky Seaweed Is Headed Straight for FloridaA floating blob of seaweed 5,000 miles across, spanning nearly the whole width of the Atlantic Ocean, is headed for Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The sargassum algae, a brown, branching, stringy seaweed that can turn seawater mud-colored when present in la…
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Florida Man Dies from Rare Brain-Eating Infection Caught From Tap Water
Read more: Florida Man Dies from Rare Brain-Eating Infection Caught From Tap WaterFlorida health officials say a man recently died from a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri—an infection likely caught from rinsing his sinuses with tap water. These infections are incredibly rare but almost always lethal, and they have been p…
