Sentences with phrase «as slime molds»

Other collective organisms such as slime molds must contend with evolutionary pressures both on the whole and on individuals.

plasmodium A form within the life cycle of some simple organisms such as slime molds, typically consisting of a mass of naked protoplasm containing many nuclei.

Projects by this year's international delegates covered topics as varied as slime molds, running shoes and spacecraft.

Are you worried, at all, that you will be reincarnated according to the Hindu religion, you haven't live according to their precepts so you'll come back as slime mold?

Naturally occurring chimeras are far less ominous though, and include such creatures as the slime mold and corals.

Not exact matches

This pumpkin pie slime is super jiggly (as opposed to stretchy) and stays in place when you mold it, so it's perfect for pretend cooking sensory play!

Bik said an unexpected and interesting finding was the previously undiscovered association between nematodes and several parasites, including slime molds that have been reported as parasites of other marine invertebrates.

Longino argues that the commonsense value of «simplicity» in scientific reasoning sometimes stands for a preference for — or an ability only to imagine — linear hierarchical theories, such as the theory that slime mold aggregates because of special pacemaker cells that rule the other cells in the mold.

Using the dyes with magnetic nanoparticles and tiny fluorescent beads, allowed them to use the slime mold network as a biological «lab - on - a-chip» device.

Studies on mutations of animals as varied as yeast, slime molds, plants and mice show that deletions of autophagy related genes (ATG) in animals is largely incompatible with life.

But The Creeping Garden becomes needlessly gloomy whenever the filmmakers aren't exploring slime mold's role in scientific progress, such as the handful of sequences featuring amateur scientist Mark Pragnell searching a forest for the organism.

Additionally from the narration paints the film as an exploration of the delicacy of both life - sustaining systems in space, and interpersonal relationships as the characters are faced with colliding satellites, extra-terrestrial slime mold and fear of the unknown.

The law would likely struggle with the question of whether to treat zombies as animals (entitled to some legal protections from wanton cruelty) or as something more akin to bacteria or slime molds (entitled to no legal protections).