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And the world. Hello, my name is James Fodor, and you're listening to The Science of Everything podcast.

Here I discuss a wide variety of topics in the natural and social sciences in an attempt to better understand the world around us. This is episode number 10, and the topic for today is

the cell. So in this episode, we'll take a look at the cell that is, you know, animal cells mostly,

and we'll look at the history of early discoveries of the cell and the different types of cells.

And then I want to just go through and look at the different structures and functions of the various organelles and other parts of the cell.

So I've divided these into three main categories, which I think are helpful in sort of getting a grip of the main things that the cell does.

So the three groups I have are structural items or structural structures within the cell that keep it together and move things about within the cell.

Then there's protein production,

which is one of the biggest things that the cell does, and we'll talk more about that later,

and thirdly, energy production, making energy to power, everything else that the soul needs to do.

So we'll look at each of those in turn, but first of all, we'll start with an overview and brief

history. So basics, what is a cell? A cell is just the smallest unit that can carry out the processes of life.

It is the basic unit of all living things, and all organisms are made up of at least one cell, one or more cells.

Organisms like bacteria or amoeba are made up of a single cell where it's human beings are made up of trillions of cells.

All cells, regardless of whether they're in bacteria or amoeba or plants or animals,

all carry out very similar processes, and they're all actually quite similar in their structures

and general layout.

And functions of cells include transporting materials, obtaining energy, disposing of waste,

replicating, and also responding to their environment. So that's pretty basic stuff. Let's have a

look at the history of cells and how they were discovered. The word cell was first used by Robert

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