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Researchers go neutrino-hunting and penguin-watching at the South Pole.

Snail slime, worm glue, and squid beaks are inspiring a new generation of biomimetic medical devices.

Nuclear fusion reactors, particle colliders, and other big-science rely on giant magnetic fields. But nature's most powerful magnets blow even our best efforts away.