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Health and wellness
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Far from being simple salt water, crying triggered by intense feelings contains hormones like ACTH and endorphins to restore nervous balance.
Nature
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Secret chemical networks of the plant kingdom
Science and technology
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An underground tunnel over three kilometers long fires 27,000 flashes per second to capture the exact moment molecular bonds form or break.
Science and technology
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Discovered amid skepticism and ridicule, they broke two centuries of crystallographic laws by displaying symmetries believed impossible in nature.
Biology
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A reef predator that does not chase its prey: it disperses a chemical mist with the fastest insulin on Earth to freeze fish in the water.
History
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The potent laxative prescribed to the explorers in 1804 left an indestructible chemical trace that mapped their journey two centuries later.
Geology
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In the Great Rift Valley stands the only volcano on Earth with natrocarbonatite lava: it flows like water at unusually low temperatures and changes color within hours.
Science and technology
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How atomic structures that science considered mathematically and physically impossible transformed the physics of matter.
Animals
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Discovered at nearly 3,000 meters deep, invertebrates of the genus Osedax turn whale skeletons into feasts thanks to an amazing chemistry.
Science and technology
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Engineered at the atomic scale, these three-dimensional frameworks capture scarce ambient humidity without consuming energy to produce pure drinking water.
Science and technology
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Discover the amazing sonoluminescence, a phenomenon where acoustic waves transform tiny bubbles into ephemeral "mini-suns," emitting light and heat comparable to those of a star.
Nature
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Discover how the sophisticated strategy of Ophrys apifera ensures its reproduction without nectar.