Nuns at an Italian convent were forced to write their vows in their own blood, self-flagellate every night, and eat spoiled food, a former member of the order is claiming. “We pierced our skin with ...

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have identified a previously unknown species of unicellular organism in seawater collected near Hachijojima Island. The newly discovered species, named ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of unicellular organism in seawater collected near Hachijojima Island. The newly discovered species, named Viscidocauda repens, belongs to the ...

The late Pope John Paul II would whip himself, according to a nun who helped to look after him. So how common is this practice in the Catholic faith? "We would hear the sound of the blows," says ...

Flagella and cilia are used in unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes for fast cell motility, rapid movement of material over cell surfaces, cell feeding and cell division. The structure of the ...

ABSTRACT: Photoacclimation towards rapid changes in irradiance was studied in 2 Antarctic microalgae, the diatom Chaetoceros brevis (Bacillariophyceae) and the flagellate Pyramimonas sp.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abundances of different compartments of the microbial loop (i.e., viruses, heterotrophic bacteria, nonpigmented nanoflagellates, and pigmented ...

"THE story of the evolution of the plant regarded as expressed in simplest terms as an autotrophic flagellate of the plankton-phase from nothing at all but ionized sea-water "is the subject of Mr.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

MANILA, April 2 (Reuters) - Barefoot and with their backs bloodied by repeated flogging, Catholic devotees in the Philippines defied a ban on gatherings on Good Friday to perform a ritual of ...

Ashura is a Shi'ite Muslim ceremony commemorating the killing of Imam Hussein by armies of the Sunni caliph Yazid in 680 in the Battle of Karbala Credit: AFP/GETTY Tradition holds that Hussein was ...