Thinking Ahead: Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 19:28 in Psychology & Sociology

Microbes may be smarter than we think. Bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings -- they anticipate and prepare for them. The findings, reported in Science, challenge the prevailing notion that only organisms with complex nervous systems have this ability.

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