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Ancient flower blooms again

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Fruit frozen underground for more than 31,000 years produce plants

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Carnivorous plants say ‘cheese’

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It took high-speed cameras to reveal how the bladderwort gets lunch

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Surprise Visitor

Newly discovered cricket pollinates orchids in nighttime rendezvous

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Flower family knows its roots

Impatiens wildflowers seem to know who’s sharing their soil

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Hungry bug seeks hot meal

A seed-loving insect finds food by sensing its temperature

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A ‘book’ on every living thing

The biggest encyclopedia ever, with an entry for every living species, is available now at a computer near you.

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Flytrap machine

Inspired by the Venus flytrap, scientists have invented a material that might improve human lives.

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Seeds of the Future

Around the world, scientists are putting seeds to sleep for up to thousands of years.

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Underwater Jungles

Cold-water-loving kelp forests may be surprisingly abundant in the tropics.

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The Book of Life

Work has begun on a Web site called the Encyclopedia of Life, which aims to catalog every species on Earth.

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