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What the weird world of protists can teach us about life on Earth

By KASPERA
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an electron micrograph image of a round protist covered in oval armored disks. Each disk resembles a smushed oval sun, with a central oval shape and rays that radiate out from that.
This electron microscope image shows cocoliths — calcite discs — that cover the outside of Emiliania huxleyi. This protist is a type of phytoplankton found in ocean water.Dr. Jeremy Young/University College London/Wikimedia Commons (

Gumdrop with an earring.

That’s what pops to mind when I look at photos of a creature Sebastian Hess found in a mossy pond in Germany. It’s kind of plump and …read more

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