Deep LookStagione 2014

Explore the mysteries of the world around you, at the very edge of visibility.

Dove guardare Deep Look • Stagione 2014

Pygmy Seahorses: Masters of Camouflage
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Pygmy Seahorses: Masters of CamouflageTiny and delicate, pygmy seahorses survive by attaching to vibrant corals where they become nearly invisible to both predators and researchers. Now, biologists at the California Academy of Sciences have successfully bred them in captivity for the first time. Finally, they're able to study the seahorses' amazing act of camouflage up close.
The Amazing Life of Sand
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The Amazing Life of Sand
What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps
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What Gall! The Crazy Cribs of Parasitic Wasps
The Hidden Perils of Permafrost
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The Hidden Perils of PermafrostFor thousands of years, mysterious bacteria have remained dormant in the Arctic permafrost. Now, a warming climate threatens to bring them back to life. What does that mean for the rest of us?
What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue?
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What Gives the Morpho Butterfly Its Magnificent Blue?What does it mean to be blue? The wings of a Morpho butterfly are some of the most brilliant structures in nature, and yet they contain no blue pigment -- they harness the physics of light at the nanoscale.