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Biology
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This gelatinous organism completely lacks neurons, but it can map optimal transport networks and store memories by altering its own anatomy.
Biology
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A microscopic marvel without a brain or neurons that fused mitochondria and chloroplasts to build a perfect lens and retina.
Biology
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How this bird strikes wood at 1,200 times the force of gravity without suffering any brain damage.
Nature
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The incredible sleep resistance of the tallest mammal
Health and wellness
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The human body's most resilient muscle and its secrets of longevity
Biology
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Trichobatrachus robustus evolved an unusual defense mechanism that fractures its own phalanges to pierce its skin and wound predators.
Nature
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Discovered on whale remains thousands of meters deep, this invertebrate secretes acid to feed and houses harems of microscopic males.
Health and wellness
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Far from being a mere inert support framework, the skeletal system acts as a sophisticated endocrine organ that regulates glucose and stimulates the brain.
Health and wellness
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Beyond oxygenating the body, an astonishing medical finding revealed that the lungs harbor stem cells and generate millions of blood components.
Health and wellness
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If your immune system discovered the internal composition of your eyeballs, it could attack and destroy them as if they were foreign invaders.
Animals
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An ancient evolutionary partnership where birds and African foragers converse with ancestral sounds to harvest beehives.
Nature
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Surprising anatomy of these small marine crustaceans