{"id":73569,"date":"2017-10-29T00:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T07:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/scientists-just-discovered-that-bacteria-have-a-sense-of-touch"},"modified":"2017-10-29T00:05:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T07:05:34","slug":"scientists-just-discovered-that-bacteria-have-a-sense-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/scientists-just-discovered-that-bacteria-have-a-sense-of-touch","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Just Discovered That Bacteria Have a Sense of Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-just-discovered-that-bacteria-have-a-sense-of-touch.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bacteria may not have a central or sensory nervous system as we know it, but they can still physically \u201cfeel\u201d the world around them, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out the tiny microorganisms don\u2019t just respond to chemical signals \u2014 they also have a sense of touch, and can recognise surfaces and respond to them. Wow.<\/p>\n<p>Our sense of touch is a very important tool for living in the world. It helps avoid hazards and dangerous surfaces, and keeps you from crushing delicate objects.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/bacteria-sense-of-touch\">http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/bacteria-sense-of-touch<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacteria may not have a central or sensory nervous system as we know it, but they can still physically \u201cfeel\u201d the world around them, according to a new study. It turns out the tiny microorganisms don\u2019t just respond to chemical signals \u2014 they also have a sense of touch, and can recognise surfaces and respond [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}