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Nature
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This mysterious plant from Patagonian forests alters the shape, color, and veins of its leaves to mimic its neighbors, reviving the debate over plant vision.
Animals
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An army of millions of microscopic hairs allows these reptiles to stick to smooth glass using intermolecular quantum physics without glue or suction.
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.
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.
Animals
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Its internal combustion chamber mixes explosive reactants and ejects them in ultrasonic bursts without burning its own abdomen.
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.
Engineering
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In the 19th century, observing a tiny naval wood-borer solved the greatest dilemma in tunneling.
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.
Animals
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With a nervous system the size of a pinhead, this predator demonstrates levels of spatial calculation and tactical deception previously attributed only to vertebrates.
Nature
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A single giant slime mold cell can make complex decisions, remember routes, and replicate railway maps with astonishing efficiency.
Nature
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Discovered in the late 20th century, this cephalopod not only changes color, but modifies its physical shape and behavior depending on the predator it faces.
Animals
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A microscopic network of capillary channels in its skin carries moisture from the sand straight to its mouth, defying gravity.