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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.
Animals
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In the ocean depths, males attach to females until their circulatory systems fuse and they lose their own vital organs.
Nature
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How Malacosteus niger broke the rules of the deep ocean by developing night vision that its prey cannot see
Nature
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With sonic pulses reaching 236 decibels underwater, sperm whales use the spermaceti organ as an acoustic cannon capable of stunning prey and vibrating living tissue.
Science and technology
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The historic experiment proving the vacuum is not empty, turning phantom quantum fluctuations into tangible light.
Biology
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For more than six decades, science believed this animal always looked upward, until a robotic submarine revealed its intact liquid dome.
Nature
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Scientific discoveries revealed that these small arthropods use the glow of our galaxy to stay on course in the dark.
History
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The daring tactic of the Soviet regiment that glided with idle engines in the dark to bomb the invader undetected.
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.
Nature
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How natural selection used prime numbers to design one of the planet's most flawless survival strategies.
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.
Nature
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Discover why some marine creatures living in abyssal darkness grow to colossal proportions, defying surface size limits.