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Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

Mistletoe's cells are broken at a fundamental level

3 May 2018

All complex organisms rely on tiny nodules called mitochondria to supply their cells with energy – but mistletoe’s mitochondria don’t work and yet it survives
A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

2 March 2018

A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo

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