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vegetables Scientists decipher how Romanesco broccoli gets its freaky fractal shape David Pescovitz
butts Why do animals have butts? David Pescovitz
mythology The many-headed hydra is a real creature that regenerates itself and can live "forever" David Pescovitz
fish Bones may have evolved to work like batteries David Pescovitz
Clone Wars Meet the aphids that are born pregnant and eager to destroy your garden David Pescovitz
circle of life Turtle found living in the belly of a largemouth bass David Pescovitz
reptiles How to care for your Komodo Dragon David Pescovitz
snakes Scientists discover snake's strange method of "lasso locomotion" to climb large trees David Pescovitz
birds Why a woodpecker's beak doesn't get stuck in a tree like a nail David Pescovitz
hibernation Entombed creatures found alive years later: a history Andrea James
nanotechnology Here are the chemistry stories that delighted the editors of Chemical and Engineering News this year Mark Frauenfelder
ocean biology Explorers revisit a whale carcass one year later Andrea James
penises A new book of dicks, human and otherwise David Pescovitz
biology Scientists discover new gland in humans' heads Mark Frauenfelder
food chain Watch this vicious single-celled predator hunt and devour another single-celled organism David Pescovitz
audrey II Green-glowing Venus flytraps reveal their memory tricks David Pescovitz
grass Watching grass grow is actually super interesting! David Pescovitz
sperm Scientists find 100 million-year-old sperm preserved in amber David Pescovitz
slow motion Astounding slo-mo videos of insects in flight David Pescovitz
microbes Scientists revive 100-million-year-old microbes buried in the ocean floor David Pescovitz