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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a cannibalistic "supergiant" that drastically changes size, shape, and behavior, and abandons filter-feeding to hunt and consume their genetically identical relatives.


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[-] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

And here I thought we'd have to wait for nanomachines before we were all devoured by grey ooze.

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