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- Plants
How a Venus Flytrap Snaps Shut
A Venus flytrap stores energy to allow its hinged leaves to snap shut quickly.
- Space
Black hole journey
Research on weird, invisible objects called black holes might help explain how the universe began.
- Planets
Unveiling Titan
A space probe that landed on Saturn's frigid moon Titan found a landscape that looks a lot like Earth.
- Tech
Musclebots Take Some Steps
Researchers have let loose scores of walking micromachines made from heart muscle.
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- Animals
Tool use comes naturally to crows
Certain crows appear to be born with an instinct to make and use tools.
- Earth
Wave of destruction
The recent Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the most deadly and destructive natural disasters in modern times.
- Earth
Digging into a tsunami disaster
A powerful earthquake under the Indian Ocean changed Earth's surface and spin.
- Animals
Geckos’ Sticky Feet Clean Themselves
Tiny hairs on gecko toes can stay nearly dirtfree, helping the lizards cling to ceilings.
- Tech
Riding Sunlight
A solar sail spacecraft relies on sunlight instead of wind to cruise through space.
- Animals
A fallout feast for crabs
Crabs can take advantage of hot, toxic plumes from undersea vents to feed on poisoned plankton.
