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Biology
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During its winter hibernation, this rodent lowers its body temperature down to -2.9 °C through an astonishing process of biological supercooling.
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.
Health and wellness
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To maintain transparency and allow clear vision, the eye dispensed with capillaries and absorbs gas dissolved in the tear film.
Animals
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Discovered the unusual cellular capacity that allows it to withstand up to 18 minutes of absolute anoxia without suffering any brain damage
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.
Nature
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Surprising athletic abilities of flightless birds
Nature
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Argyroneta aquatica is the only arachnid that spends its entire life underwater thanks to a silk dome that acts as an external gill.
Biology
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Discovered in salmon muscle tissue, this unusual microscopic jellyfish relative completely lost its mitochondrial genome.
Health and wellness
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Every few hours, your nervous system alternates which nostril leads the airflow to protect your airways and sharpen your sense of smell.
Animals
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Capable of living over thirty years underground, this biological wonder reorganizes its cellular metabolism to endure a complete lack of oxygen.
Health and wellness
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Your paranasal sinuses produce a Nobel Prize-winning molecule that disinfects air, dilates blood vessels, and optimizes oxygenation.
Health and wellness
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Far from being just an expression of boredom or relief, sighing is a vital automatic reflex that prevents the microscopic collapse of our respiratory system.