Smaller than you think
Tardigrades, viruses and the invisible kingdoms living on you.
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The fungus that turns ants into zombies
A parasitic fungus hijacks an ant's body, kills it, and grows out of its head.
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The Animal That Can Survive Space
A satellite opened its door in orbit and exposed these animals to vacuum. Most came back alive.
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Why Hairworms Are One Of Nature's Creepiest Creatures
A grasshopper walks calmly to the edge of a pond and jumps in. It can't swim.
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Your face is covered in microscopic mites
You are renting your skin to thousands of tiny eight-legged tenants. They poop on it.
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Your Mattress is a Buffet for Skin-Eating Mites
Microscopic dust mites survive entirely on the dead skin cells you shed every day.
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Your Mattress is a Buffet for Skin-Eating Mites
Microscopic dust mites survive entirely on the dead skin cells you shed every day.
Spider Silk Stronger Than Steel
Gram for gram, a single dragline thread is tougher than Kevlar and stronger than high-grade steel — and we still can't mass-produce it.
Why Hairworms Are One Of Nature's Creepiest Creatures
A grasshopper walks calmly to the edge of a pond and jumps in. It can't swim.
The Animal That Can Survive Space
A satellite opened its door in orbit and exposed these animals to vacuum. Most came back alive.
Your face is covered in microscopic mites
You are renting your skin to thousands of tiny eight-legged tenants. They poop on it.
Tardigrades survived the vacuum of space
We put water bears in orbit and they shrugged.
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