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Geology
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The colossal block of oceanic crust and deep rock that rode over a continent instead of sinking into the abyss
Engineering
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How precision engineering joined two excavation fronts beneath 2,300 meters of solid rock with millimeter accuracy.
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.
Geology
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A discovery inside gems from the mantle revealed the natural existence of an exotic phase of water that remains crystallized at room temperature.
Geology
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When a celestial electrical discharge strikes desert sand, extreme heat shapes a glassy sculpture in a fraction of a second.
Nature
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The 1883 Krakatoa eruption ruptured eardrums and circled the globe 4 times
Biology
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During its winter hibernation, this rodent lowers its body temperature down to -2.9 °C through an astonishing process of biological supercooling.
Geology
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A near-miraculous thermal equilibrium 300 meters underground allowed the development of the planet's largest selenite beams.
Biology
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A tiny North American rodent defies extreme survival by producing its own hydration from dry seeds
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.
Geology
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In the Great Rift Valley, this Tanzanian colossus defies the laws of volcanism with magma as fluid as water that turns snow-white as it cools.
Animals
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Discover how this unusual inhabitant of polar seas defied the laws of animal biology by surviving without red blood cells thanks to a giant heart and natural antifreeze.