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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.
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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Scientists at the Pasteur Institute discovered a molecule in our own mouths capable of blocking pain with astonishing efficacy and without causing addiction.
Animals
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Far from delivering blind shocks, this fish emits calibrated pulses that force victims to reveal their hiding spots and takes control of their neurons.
Science and technology
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The technology that traps liquid droplets, drugs, and tiny objects suspended in midair using ultrasonic pressure nodes.
Animals
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How a mangrove fish compensates for light refraction and manipulates hydrodynamics to shoot down prey two meters away.
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.
Science and technology
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Using microscopic silicon channels and ultrafast laser pulses, physics managed to compress the power of a massive collider into a millimeter-sized plate.
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.
Science and technology
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In 1989, physics defied the barrier of the invisible when a scientist pushed 35 xenon atoms to spell out the letters 'IBM'.
Geology
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How the thermal contraction of magma creates gigantic hexagonal stone prisms
Engineering
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In 1930, engineers lifted and rotated an eight-story skyscraper without interrupting a single phone call or breaking a pipe.