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Geology
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More than 2,400 million years ago, the first biological oxygen triggered a colossal rust precipitation that covered the seafloor and formed most of the iron we mine today.
Biology
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A tiny inhabitant of Pacific tides that does not synthesize its own toxin, but instead relies for its lethal defense on symbiotic bacteria in its salivary glands.
Health and wellness
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Far from inhaling air symmetrically, your nervous system inflates and deflates your nostrils in a continuous relay to optimize your smell and protect your lungs.
Biology
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These microscopic animals have lived for millions of years without males thanks to their astonishing ability to absorb genes from fungi, bacteria, and algae after desiccation.
Nature
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How Malacosteus niger broke the rules of the deep ocean by developing night vision that its prey cannot see
Health and wellness
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Science shows that emitting a simple vocal hum ventilates the paranasal sinuses, neutralizes pathogens, and optimizes cellular oxygenation.
Health and wellness
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The human microbiome weighs 2 kilograms and controls everything from your mood to your immunity
Nature
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48 unique species live without sunlight in a world of chemosynthetic bacteria
Health and wellness
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How a colony of microorganisms in your mouth turns vegetables into nitric oxide, the essential vasodilator for your arteries.
Nature
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The unusual case of the amphibian that hosts living algae inside its own cells to harvest solar energy.
Health and wellness
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Discovered in 2004, this cellular sacrifice expels white blood cells' own genetic material to trap pathogens before they overwhelm the body.
Health and wellness
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Far from being a useless evolutionary vestige, this small organ functions as a biological bunker designed to repopulate your protective bacteria.