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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.
Science and technology
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The technology that traps liquid droplets, drugs, and tiny objects suspended in midair using ultrasonic pressure nodes.
Nature
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The wood wide web: a natural internet connecting entire forests
Nature
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How these social insects communicate complex information about food location and quality
Nature
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Secret chemical networks of the plant kingdom
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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How a tiny insect performs a double intracranial injection to override its prey's survival instinct without paralyzing its muscles.
Biology
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How a hormonal storm of testosterone and cortisol turns this mammal's reproduction into a deadly race of no return.
Nature
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Through a calculated hypnotic dance, this insect lures amphibians into trying to devour it, then consumes them alive from their jaws.
Nature
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This botanical wonder of the temperate rainforests of southern Chile alters the shape, color, and venation of its leaves to mimic surrounding plants.
Nature
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Long before military technology designed electronic countermeasures, a moth was already hacking biosonar systems in nature.
Nature
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A biological discovery revealed that this plant alters its guardians' digestion so they rely solely on it.