Tag: Evolutionary science

  • The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again

    The Once-In-An-Eon Event That Gave Earth Plants Has Happened Again

    Sometimes, nature has a way of surprising us, and this discovery is one of those moments. Scientists have found a tiny marine bacterium that’s done something extraordinary: it’s become part of its algal host and evolved into a nitrogen-fixing organelle. This kind of event is so rare it’s only happened three other times in the…