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Biology
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A tiny North American rodent defies extreme survival by producing its own hydration from dry seeds
Animals
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Discover how this unusual inhabitant of polar seas defied the laws of animal biology by surviving without red blood cells thanks to a giant heart and natural antifreeze.
Animals
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It has 22 hypersensitive tentacles with which it identifies and devours prey in less than two-tenths of a second.
Nature
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Hura crepitans combines a trunk covered in venomous spikes with mechanical capsules that explode like pistol shots to spread its offspring.
Nature
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In the peaks of Borneo, this plant abandoned hunting insects to feed on treeshrew feces using a laxative nectar.
Nature
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An aquatic insect defies death by traveling through a frog's digestive tract in minutes and forcing its own defecation.
Health and wellness
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Discover the hidden mechanism by which the human body performs an instant autotransfusion of red blood cells when it detects a lack of air or intense exercise.
Animals
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How a small mangrove dweller calculates optical angles and modulates water jets with millimeter ballistic precision.
Nature
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Discovered alive in the deep ocean, this fish has a transparent dome that protects two green eyes capable of rotating inside its own skull.
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.
Animals
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How this land mollusk developed a silicon shell that withstands vacuum and cosmic radiation
Animals
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The Lymnaea stagnalis, commonly known as the great pond snail, possesses a survival capacity that defies biological logi...