How complicated things work, taken apart.
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Why doesn't a woodpecker scramble its brain
How your phone knows it's your finger
Scentronic: smells over the internet
The salmon cannon
Bombardier beetle vs. hungry frog
How an ultrasound sees a baby
Why a honeybee dies when it stings you
How a CT scanner works
How your smartwatch reads your pulse with light
How a pacemaker works
The electric eel: a living stun gun
How an X-ray sees through you
How a capacitive touchscreen works
How a dead star turned green
How a cochlear implant lets the brain hear
How an MRI scanner works
What would happen if the Moon disappeared
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