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Animals
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The absolute record for non-stop migratory flight requires doubling body fat and cannibalizing its own viscera to shed weight.
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Facing scarcity caused by El Niño, this reptile reabsorbs its skeleton to reduce its body length by up to 20% and then rebuilds it.
Health and wellness
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Scientists at the Pasteur Institute discovered a molecule in our own mouths capable of blocking pain with astonishing efficacy and without causing addiction.
Biology
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It is the only known organism in the entire animal kingdom capable of functionally replacing a complete organ of its host.
Nature
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How a tiny insect deceives an entire colony with chemical signals and acoustic pulses to be treated with royal honors at the expense of legitimate larvae.
Nature
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How these social insects communicate complex information about food location and quality
Nature
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Nature
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The fascinating secret behind nature's most iconic color
Nature
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48 unique species live without sunlight in a world of chemosynthetic bacteria
Health and wellness
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How a colony of microorganisms in your mouth turns vegetables into nitric oxide, the essential vasodilator for your arteries.
Nature
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How a tiny insect performs a double intracranial injection to override its prey's survival instinct without paralyzing its muscles.
Nature
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Discovered on whale remains thousands of meters deep, this invertebrate secretes acid to feed and houses harems of microscopic males.