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Biology
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How this relative of the goldfish avoids suffocation in frozen lakes by turning lactic acid into ethanol.
Biology
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This gastropod mollusk challenges the boundary between the animal and plant kingdoms through an unusual phenomenon called kleptoplasty.
Geology
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More than 2,400 million years ago, the first biological oxygen triggered a colossal rust precipitation that covered the seafloor and formed most of the iron we mine today.
Biology
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A tiny North American rodent defies extreme survival by producing its own hydration from dry seeds
Health and wellness
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How a small muscle band in your calf acts as a circulatory pump and an autonomous metabolic reactor.
Animals
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Discovered the unusual cellular capacity that allows it to withstand up to 18 minutes of absolute anoxia without suffering any brain damage
Nature
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Health and wellness
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The human microbiome weighs 2 kilograms and controls everything from your mood to your immunity
Nature
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48 unique species live without sunlight in a world of chemosynthetic bacteria
Health and wellness
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With a temperature that exceeds the rest of the body by nearly one degree, it functions as a silent biochemical furnace.
Animals
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Able to shut down its metabolism and breathe air, this living fossil can wait for rain for more than five years in an underground cocoon.
Health and wellness
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For decades it was thought to exist only in newborns, but adults retain active deposits capable of devouring glucose and lipids without shivering.