“They saw their injured country's woe;
The flaming town, the wasted field;
Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
They took the spear, - but left the shield.”
―Philip Freneau
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Will the Next Generation of Life to Evolve on Earth Breath Nitrogen?
Always something new under the sun. More on this eukaryote here - https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/nitrate-breathing-microorganism-offers-glimpse-into-evolutions-past/ Rather interesting to me. In micro physiology lab, we were studying the oddball Euglena, which contain both chloroplasts and mitochondria as well as Golgi bodies, nucleus, a light sensitive red eye spot and flagella. Our job that day was to look at them through a microscope and sketch them. Since I took art too, mine was pretty good. Then, I noticed the girl next to me kept peeking at my sketch instead of her eyepiece. So, I dressed up the red eye spot with some long lashes. We've been married 60 years! Thanks for the reminder.
Only HS biology? You are doing a better job than me -did quite a bit of research with isotopes studying microbe ATP processing. But now older than dirt - keep us informed!
Always something new under the sun. More on this eukaryote here -
ReplyDeletehttps://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/nitrate-breathing-microorganism-offers-glimpse-into-evolutions-past/ Rather interesting to me. In micro physiology lab, we were studying the oddball Euglena, which contain both
chloroplasts and mitochondria as well as Golgi bodies, nucleus, a light sensitive red eye spot and flagella. Our job that day was to look at them through a microscope and sketch them.
Since I took art too, mine was pretty good. Then, I noticed the girl next to me kept peeking at my sketch instead of her eyepiece. So, I dressed up the red eye spot with some long lashes. We've been married 60 years! Thanks for the reminder.
Great story!
DeleteThe last biology class I took was in high school. :(
btw - I do love how these "parasitic interactions" contribute to Assembly Theory and how bacteria can factor into epigenetics.
DeleteDid you read the story of a "lab-created" parasitic interaction? ... they were able to pass on the parasite through RNA
Delete...cell RNA serving as a kind of "evolutionary bridge" between chemistry and longer DNA strands... in spaces where "locality" is important.
ReplyDeleteOnly HS biology? You are doing a better job than me -did quite a bit of research with isotopes studying microbe ATP processing.
ReplyDeleteBut now older than dirt - keep us informed!
I worked for NASA as a contractor for 30 years... the search for life was always an interesting part of their mission.
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