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The physics of cold water could have triggered complex life


The physics of cold water could have triggered complex life

After 30 days, the algae in the middle were still single-celled. But when the scientists placed algae from increasingly thick rings under the microscope, they discovered larger clusters of cells. The very largest were bundles of hundreds. But what interested Simpson most were mobile clusters of four to 16 cells, arranged so that their flagella […]