http://www.metafilter.com/tags/protist Posts tagged with 'protist' at MetaFilter. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:35:37 -0800 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:35:37 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76787/Making%2DTracks "We were looking for pretty animals that have eyes, are coloured, or glow in the dark; instead, the most interesting find was the organism that was blind, brainless, and completely covered in mud." Some of the oldest fossil records may need to be reconsidered: Dr. Mikhail Matz of the University of Texas has discovered <a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/20/gromia-zoom.html">Gromia Sphaerica</a>, a species of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protist">protist</a>, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7739703.stm">making </a><a href="http://cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/11/giant_protist.asp">tracks</a>.... '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQslM6ZAdnU">Finding Giant Deep Sea Protists</a>', a video interview with Dr. Matz. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76787 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:35:37 -0800 biology CambrianExplosion evolution GromiaSphaerica Matz protist Kronos_to_Earth