The baffling intelligence of a single cell (2024)(jsomers.net)
390 points by jsomers | 123 comments
An essay by James Somers and Edwin Morris explaining how a single E. coli cell forages for nutrients through chemotaxis.
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4 stories tagged cell-biology, newest first.
Mitochondria Are Alive(asimov.press)
599 points by mailyk | 371 comments
An Asimov Press opinion essay by Liyam Chitayat arguing that mitochondria should be considered alive, drawing on Lynn Margulis's endosymbiosis theory.
The baffling intelligence of a single cell: The story of E. coli chemotaxis(jsomers.net)
482 points by jsomers | 197 comments
An essay by James Somers and Edwin Morris explaining how a single E. coli cell forages for nutrients through chemotaxis, framed as an elemental form of intelligence.
Brains are not required to think or solve problems – simple cells can do it(scientificamerican.com)
395 points by anjel | 370 comments
Scientific American feature by Rowan Jacobsen on how simple cell clumps show basic cognitive abilities and some animals retain memories after losing their heads.