Life

  1. Brain

    Reading Body Language

    The emotion that your body shows may have a stronger effect than what your face says.

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  2. Animals

    Fishing for Giant Squid

    An underwater camera has snapped the first pictures of a live giant squid.

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  3. Animals

    Sea lilies on the run

    A video shows that sea animals known as stalked crinoids do more than just creep along.

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  4. Animals

    A Spider’s Taste for Blood

    Certain jumping spiders prey on mosquitoes that have drawn blood from animals.

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  5. Earth

    Detecting an eerie sea glow

    At night, glowing bacteria can give large areas of the sea a surreal milky color.

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  6. Animals

    Bee heat cooks invaders

    Certain honeybees in Asia use their body heat to kill attacking wasps.

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  7. Plants

    Bright blooms that glow

    Certain flowers fluoresce, giving off a spooky light.

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  8. Plants

    Cactus goo for clean water

    A cactus commonly found in Mexico can help clean up dirty water.

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  9. Psychology

    Pain expectations

    How painful you expect something to be beforehand can affect how you actually feel when you're hurt.

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  10. Animals

    From Chimps to People

    Although chimpanzees and people share many genes, there are key biological differences.

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  11. Animals

    Copybees

    Bees can learn about new food sources by spying on each other.

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  12. Tech

    Roboroach and company

    Cockroaches and lobsters inspire robots that navigate in darkness and track smells.

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