Here’s a rare and wondrous example of science as Carver defined it. Look closely at the THINGS THAT ARE HERE. Notice something new. Let it talk to you. Don’t look at abstractions in your own mind, or abstractions in the religious beliefs of your funding agency. Abstractions are not THINGS and they are not HERE.
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Via ScienceAlert: A newly noticed one-celled animal seems to fall outside existing classifications. Solarion looks like an orrery, a model of a solar system with planets connected by rods. It’s especially small and doesn’t move much, so it didn’t stand out in samples with lots of lively cells doing their thing.
Mitochondria are believed to be a single species that invaded other cells billions of years ago, then became an integral part of every cell. Solarion’s mitochondria appear to be more ancient than others, less affected by the long coexistence.
I tributed a unique orrery a few years ago, with some thoughts that connect to this subject. Reprinted in next item.
Polistra's Mill 