What is a naked amoeba?

What is a naked amoeba? Naked lobose amoebae are traditionally called gymnamoebae, a group of aerobic amoeboid protists, unified by forming wide, smooth, cytoplasmic projections (lobopodia), driven by an actomyosin cytoskeleton. Cilia or flagella are absent. What organisms are in the phylum Amoebozoa? Amoebozoa includes many of the best-known amoeboid Read more…

Is helium an anion?

Is helium an anion? Hydrogen and the elements below it in the periodic table frequently lose an electron to other atoms and become +1 cations. Helium and the other elements in its column are very unreactive. They don’t ever form anions or cations. Is helium cation anion or neutral? The Read more…

What ever happened to Vangelis?

What ever happened to Vangelis? Vangelis, the Oscar-winning composer of “Chariots of Fire” and “Blade Runner” lives in Paris — unless he lives in London, or his native Athens. The occasion for the conversation was the release of his album “Nocturne,” a departure from the bank of synthesizers that normally Read more…