http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ElderGods Posts tagged with 'ElderGods' at MetaFilter. Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:58:32 -0800 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:58:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/59235/Sea%2Dsquirts%2Dare%2Dtotally%2Dsweet <a href="http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/070305_blood_regeneration.html">Sea Squirt Regrows Entire Body from One Blood Vessel.</a> Most famous as the <a href=http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0611/feature4/>creature</a> that <a href=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/14370;jsessionid=baa9...>settles down</a> and <a href=http://www.langston.com/Fun_People/1992/1992AAC.html>eats its own brain</a> (though that is <a href=http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/24/cdu.html>not exactly correct</a>), it appears the humble <a href=http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=070225_sea_squirts_02.jpg&cap=These+fast-growing+sea+squirts+were+found+at+Larsen+A.+This+can+be+an+indication+of+a+first+step+towards+a+biodiversity+change+after+the+collapse+of+the+ice+shelves.+The+animals+in+the+foreground+are+colonised+by+two+crustaceans+and+a+brittle+star.+Credit%3A+J.+Gutt,+Alfred-Wegener-Institute>sea squirt</a> has spectacular <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_%28biology%29>regenerative</a> abilities as well, thanks to regeneration niches packed with <a href=http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/>stem cells</a>. All <a href=http://r33b.net/>glory</a> to the sea squirt! tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59235 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:58:32 -0800 Biology BloodVessels Brain Chordates Consciousness ElderGods Evolution Marine Mobility Regeneration Science! SeaSquirts Squirt-lover StemCells Tenure Tunicates homunculus