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A Tree Is Made From Air: Where Plants Actually Get Their Mass

A tree can gain hundreds of pounds while barely reducing the soil beneath it. The reason is one of biology's strangest facts: much of a plant's solid body began as carbon dioxide floating through the air.

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Could Shiny Pokémon Survive Natural Selection?

Shiny Pokémon are famous because they are rare. But rarity is not the same thing as adaptation. Using Red Gyarados, Caterpie, Spinda and other Gen 1–3 examples, this interactive guide separates Pokémon evolution from biological evolution.