World’s Strangest

By Maggie Koerth-Baker Economists do it with spreadsheets and charts. Architects favor balsa wood. But when a biologist needs a model, it’s gotta be alive. Here’s to the tiny critters that have inched our world forward, one microscopic step at a time. Big Name: Shewanella oneidensis Why It Deserves a TV Special: Shewanella can go without air longer [...]