Glue Mini-Monster: Wanted Dead or Alive?

by: Thomas O'Brien

A drop of clear, colorless, viscous liquid (i.e., a specific brand of modeling glue) assumes the role of an unknown macroscopic, single-celled organism in this demonstration. When placed in a petri dish of water, it is observed to move and interact with other organisms, food, and its aqueous environment in a seemingly lifelike way.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 4/15/2011Stock # PB271X3_7

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