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Bizarre Creature With "All-Body Brain" Challenges What We Know About Evolution of Nervous SystemsPurple sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) on a rock by the sea.

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Bizarre Creature With "All-Body Brain" Challenges What We Know About Evolution of Nervous SystemsPurple sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) on a rock by the sea.
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450-Million-Year-Old Marine Organism Brought Back To "Life" As A Soft RobotPleurocystitid fossil and pleurocystitid robot replica

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450-Million-Year-Old Marine Organism Brought Back To "Life" As A Soft Robot

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Alien-Like Antarctic Feather Star With 20 Legs Joins Four New-To-Science SpeciesAntarctic strawberry feather star

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Alien-Like Antarctic Feather Star With 20 Legs Joins Four New-To-Science Species

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