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Health and wellness
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Discovered in 2012, this microscopic mechanism pumps cerebrospinal fluid to wash away the day's neurotoxic waste.
Geology
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Eight hundred meters below the Atlantic, an unusual chemical reaction between the ocean and Earth's mantle raises sixty-meter monoliths.
Engineering
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The planet's greatest electromechanical naval feat overcomes a forty-story elevation difference in just forty minutes.
Geology
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How slow geochemical crystallization sculpted gigantic three-meter orbs in Paleocene mud long before being unearthed by the waves.
Biology
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This gastropod mollusk challenges the boundary between the animal and plant kingdoms through an unusual phenomenon called kleptoplasty.
Engineering
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Connecting Europe and Asia under the Bosphorus Strait using gigantic concrete modules submerged with millimeter precision.
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
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.
Engineering
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Two swinging arms the size of the Eiffel Tower protect the Netherlands with gigantic ball joints and an autonomous system without human intervention.
Geology
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Hundreds of redcedars submerged in saline mud allowed geologists to date a magnitude 9 earthquake that dropped the coastline and sent a tsunami to Japan.
Engineering
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Beneath the surface of the Japanese capital lies a monumental chamber supported by 59 pillars weighing 500 tons and powered by airplane turbines.