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Also, a "life form" could be defined as a species of microbe or an individual organism. If using the former, scientists estimate a person has about 1,000 on their skin.

That’s because D. pulex is what’s known as a “model organism,” a species that’s been extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena.

Importantly, these multicellular organisms have a finite life span, naturally degrading after four to six weeks. This “kill switch” prevents the growth of potentially invasive cells.

Pensoft has launched Individual-based Ecology (IBE), a new open-access journal promoting an individual-based approach to studying ecology. IBE aims to bridge the gap between individual behaviors ...

A close-up of a colony of salps swimming in the ocean off the coast of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Credit: Brad Gemmell Salps are small, transparent barrel-shaped jelly creatures. They are sometimes confused ...

A new study by physicists and neuroscientists from the University of Chicago, Harvard and Yale describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and ...

The research, published on January 17, 2024 in Nature Physics, accurately describes neuronal connectivity in a variety of model organisms and could apply to non-biological networks like social ...