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Animals
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A tiny deep-sea shark uses deceptive bioluminescence and vacuum lips to gouge circular bites out of ocean giants.
Geology
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How slow geochemical crystallization sculpted gigantic three-meter orbs in Paleocene mud long before being unearthed by the waves.
Engineering
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Connecting Europe and Asia under the Bosphorus Strait using gigantic concrete modules submerged with millimeter precision.
Biology
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A microscopic marvel without a brain or neurons that fused mitochondria and chloroplasts to build a perfect lens and retina.
Animals
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How a tiny crustacean creates cavitation bubbles that collapse releasing temperatures close to the Sun's and a deafening sound.
Biology
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Despite having one hundred times more cells than a human and living seven decades, these colossi possess a molecular mechanism that strikes down cellular mutations.
Biology
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These invertebrates rebuild an entire organism from a tiny fragment and retain learned behaviors after regenerating their brain.
Geology
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How millimeter-thin ice sheets and gentle breezes solved the mystery of Death Valley's wandering rocks
Nature
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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.
Biology
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Nicknamed "Conan the Bacterium," it withstands thousands of times the lethal radiation dose for a human being thanks to unique molecular repair machinery.
Science and technology
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How subatomic particles exceed the local speed of light in water and unleash a dazzling electromagnetic shock wave.