In contrast, it took carbon-based life forms (us) four billion years to evolve from the humble amoeba to a species capable of imagining and creating Watson.

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He could be younger brother Billy, who is along for the tour and is the center of a permanent amoeba of giggling girls.

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The look is not unlike that of the amoeba like figures projected over the stage during a 1960s Grateful Dead light show.

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Pieces of slime mould, an amoeba-like organism, were enticed through a 30-square-centimetre (five-square-inch) maze by the prospect of food at the end of the puzzle.

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Inspired by amoeba-like single-cell organisms, WSL is a propulsion system that enables robots to squeeze through gaps smaller than its regular dimensions.

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