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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.
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.
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.
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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Discover how the AIRE protein recreates a library of your entire body to eliminate lymphocytes capable of attacking you by mistake.
Science and technology
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These aquatic salamanders can regenerate limbs, organs, and even parts of the brain
Nature
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Science and technology
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The incredible visual capacity of these tiny pollinators
Nature
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Why these reptiles cry while eating and what it teaches us about evolution
Nature
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48 unique species live without sunlight in a world of chemosynthetic bacteria
Engineering
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The colossal hydraulic work of submerged pneumatic barriers on the seabed that inflate with air to stop high tide.