The baffling intelligence of a single cell (2024)(jsomers.net)
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An essay by James Somers and Edwin Morris explaining how a single E. coli cell forages for nutrients through chemotaxis.
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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.