Emily Underwood

Emily Underwood is a science writer and editor based in Coloma, California. Her work has appeared in Science, Smithsonian, The Washington Post, High Country News, and elsewhere.

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The Search for the World’s Simplest Animal

For centuries, scientists have obsessed over a primordial blob that can shape-shift, clone itself, and live indefinitely.
- Emily Underwood
- June 8, 2020