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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an interdunal pond of northern Indiana, a euglenoid flagellate of the genus Colacium inhabits the rectal part of the hindgut of several species of damselflies during the winter. The Colacium ...

The organisers of an unusual Italian religious festival in which penitents in white hoods and robes flagellate themselves until they bleed have imposed a new rule for the event this year – strictly no ...

A former nun has claimed that she and others at a convent in southern Italy were forced to flagellate themselves, eat out-of-date food and write their vows in blood as part of brutal rituals employed ...

ALTHOUGH flagella movement or propulsion by means of a single flagellum is probably one of the first types of movement which came into existence, the fact remains that comparatively little is known ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Biotic and abiotic factors can influence interactions between microbial grazers and their prey, thus impacting both the cycling of biogenic ...

On Friday (23 October), millions of Muslims will gather to mark the holy day of Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. The 10-day festival of Muharram is observed by both Sunni and ...

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 ...