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Biology
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During its winter hibernation, this rodent lowers its body temperature down to -2.9 °C through an astonishing process of biological supercooling.
Biology
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The bile pigment biliverdin dyes their muscles, bones, and tongue, turning a lethal waste product into an unusual cellular shield.
Geology
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A near-miraculous thermal equilibrium 300 meters underground allowed the development of the planet's largest selenite beams.
Biology
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A tiny inhabitant of Pacific tides that does not synthesize its own toxin, but instead relies for its lethal defense on symbiotic bacteria in its salivary glands.
Nature
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History
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The unusual military campaign that ended without firing a shot, with zero casualties, and with a new friend in the ranks.
Health and wellness
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Far from inhaling air symmetrically, your nervous system inflates and deflates your nostrils in a continuous relay to optimize your smell and protect your lungs.
Nature
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In ocean depths, this marine animal synthesizes a silica skeleton that outperforms human engineering and hosts an unusual lifelong symbiosis.
History
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Hidden behind a false wall in a high-security German fortress, a group of British officers built a functional aircraft using bed slats and millet porridge.
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.
Science and technology
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Scientists at the University of Bristol created a betavoltaic device capable of generating continuous electricity by taking advantage of residual graphite from atomic power plants.
History
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Five days before the end of World War II in Europe, US troops, Wehrmacht soldiers, and French prisoners joined forces to repel a Waffen-SS siege.