For perspective, plants first began to dot our planet the last time this happened. The results are described in two papers recently published in the journals Cell and Science .

For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that an organism devoid of a nervous system is capable of learning. A team from the Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale (CNRS/Université ...

MicroRNAs Found In Unicellular Organism For First Time. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 04 / 070429170635.htm. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

"The third state suggests that organismal death may play a significant role in how life transforms over time." Both types of biobots last no more than 60 days, and safely biodegrade once they're dead.