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  • Geobac­ter: Mi­cro­bial Su­per­hero

    Geobac­ter: Mi­cro­bial Su­per­hero

    March 28, 2011December 31, 2025

    by Suzanne Win­ter — If the power of Su­per­man resided solely in his su­per­nat­ural abil­i­ties, then Bruce Wayne's Bat­man would never have been able to com­pete on his level. But when the other fac­tors that su­per­heroes de­pend upon are ac­counted for — side­kicks, span­dex, sar­casm — both Su­per­man and Bat­man can claim suc­cess in the world of do-good­ery…

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  • Could We Have Started Out as Mag­ne­to­tac­tic Bac­te­ria?

    Could We Have Started Out as Mag­ne­to­tac­tic Bac­te­ria?

    February 5, 2007January 21, 2026

    by Elio — There are bac­te­ria that have small mag­nets within them. Mag­ne­to­tac­tic bac­te­ria. The mag­nets con­sist of iron-con­tain­ing crys­tals lined up in a row along the long axis of the cells, which en­dows the cells with the equiv­a­lent of a mag­netic nee­dle. These bac­te­ria thus can sense the earth's mag­netic field, which...

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