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Why is titanium the absolute gold standard for medical implants like knee replacements and jaw screws?
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For many mosquito species, a female’s bite is an egg-building supply run: she uses nutrients in blood to help develop her eggs. Males don’t bite; both sexes…
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A rhino horn isn’t bone: it grows from the skin as tightly packed fibers of keratin, the material in hair and fingernails. There’s no bony core hiding inside.…
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A Venus flytrap checks the visitor before paying for dinner. Two closely spaced signals from its sensitive hairs usually trigger closure. Further stimulation…
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People and bananas share basic cellular machinery because the tools for copying DNA and controlling cell division evolved early in life’s history. Many…
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You’re Breathing Nanobots and Don’t Even Know It—Well, Almost. A molecular-scale device is surrounded by molecules that keep colliding with it, so its path…
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