Photosynthesis
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This sea slug can chop off its head and grow an entire new body, twice
By Harry Baker published
Two species of sacoglossan sea slugs have been found to be able to sever their heads from their bodies and regrow a replacement by researchers in Japan.

What if humans had photosynthetic skin?
By Charles Q. Choi published
If humans had green skin, for instance, what if it granted us the ability to perform photosynthesis, which plants use to live off of sunlight?

Strange Forest 'Superorganism' Is Keeping This Vampire Tree Alive
By Brandon Specktor published
By grafting their roots together in a hidden underground network, trees could be forming giant "superorganisms" that span entire forests.

Vast Expanses of Rock on Earth's Surface May Act Like a Natural Solar Panel
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
They can turn light into electricity.

Schrödinger's Bacteria? Physics Experiment Leads to 1st Entanglement of Living Organisms
By Rafi Letzter published
A paper published in 2017 appeared to show a limited quantum effect in bacteria. Now scientists argue that something much weirder happened.

The Earth Breathes in Incredibly Creepy Video from Canadian Forest
By Brandon Specktor published
What could make the Earth seem to "breathe" as it does in this startling video from Quebec, Canada?

Earth's Soil Is Hyperventilating Thanks To Climate Change
By Brandon Specktor published
There's twice as much C02 trapped in Earth's soil as in the atmosphere, and it's escaping.
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