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Apples are wildly genetically unstable, meaning that if you plant the seeds from a specific apple, the resulting tree will produce fruit completely…
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Urushiol, the invisible toxic oil produced by poison ivy, is horribly stubborn. It doesn't just evaporate or degrade when the plant dies. If you happen to…
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Living halfway submerged in pure saltwater would easily kill basically any other tree on earth, but mangroves simply adapted to be brutal filtration systems.…
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Most people take up golf at fifty-five, but Ynes Mexia decided to start a chaotic career wandering into the deadly depths of the Amazon rainforest. Surviving…
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Long before seeds were invented, ferns were out here utilizing a completely different, almost magical method of reproduction. They grow weird little capsules…
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While mammals get by with two basic sets of chromosomes, modern bread wheat is a massive genetic hoarder possessing six complete sets. This absurd cellular…
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