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Attending to the underside of how crimson flour beetles soak up water by means of their butts
Enlarge / Who does not thrill to the sight of a microscopic cross-section of a beetle’s rectum? You are welcome. (credit score: Kenneth Veland Halberg) There’s hardly ever time to jot down about each cool science-y story that comes our