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Biology
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This gelatinous organism completely lacks neurons, but it can map optimal transport networks and store memories by altering its own anatomy.
Biology
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How a suicidal larva takes control of an insect's jaws to force it to wait patiently on a blade of grass to be eaten
Animals
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In less than 100 milliseconds, this primitive fish releases microthreads that turn seawater into liters of suffocating gel.
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.
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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This ancient jawless fish produces an elastic biomaterial capable of expanding 10,000 times to neutralize the jaws of hungry sharks.
Nature
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A survivor of 500 million years, this nocturnal creature immobilizes its prey by shooting jets of liquid silk that harden in seconds.
Nature
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This primitive jawless 'fish' has perfected a defense strategy that turns water into a sticky mass capable of incapacitating any attacker.
Science and technology
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Physarum polycephalum, the yellow slime mold, demonstrates surprising computational abilities by finding optimal paths in complex structures.