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The butterfly sea slug looks like it belongs at a dance party, but it is typically found in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Biology , Marine Life

Simplified: The butterfly sea slug is typically found in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean.

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Gerd Günther, a photomicrographer based in Düsseldorf, Germany, the colonies contain something called zygospores, which represent the algae’s sexual resting stage. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ People , Biology , Algae

Simplified: A sample captured by photomicrographer Gerd Günther of Düsseldorf, Germany, contained zygospores, which represent the sexual resting stage of algae.

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Jellyfish larvae, often called “sea lice” despite not being related to lice at all, are no larger than a grain of pepper. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biology , Marine Life

Simplified: Jellyfish larvae, also known as 'sea lice', are not related to lice and are no larger than a grain of pepper.

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It took him years to figure out how: by pipetting microbes (in this case, jellyfish larvae, which are no larger than a grain of pepper) into a droplet suspended by a string. 0.900

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , People , Methodology

Simplified: Benedikt Pleyer spent years developing a technique of pipetting microbes into a droplet suspended by a string.

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Penicillium means “little brush” in Latin. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Language , Etymology

Simplified: The word 'Penicillium' is Latin for 'little brush'.

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“When you shoot small creatures, people don’t have the feeling of scale in any conceivable way,” said Mr. Pleyer, a freelance microbe researcher based in Kyoto, Japan. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , People

Simplified: Benedikt Pleyer is a freelance microbe researcher based in Kyoto, Japan.

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The Cassiopeia jellyfish shown here are armed with toxin-filled harpoons, fired when stressed. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biology , Marine Life

Simplified: Cassiopeia jellyfish are armed with toxin-filled harpoons that are fired when the jellyfish is stressed.

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In this time-lapse, you can see a Penicillium species forming a thick carpetlike network called a mycelium, from which emerge bright red droplets full of antibiotics and other substances. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Medicine , Biology , Fungi

Simplified: A time-lapse video shows a Penicillium species forming a mycelium network that produces red droplets containing antibiotics.

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“When observed with the naked eye, most fungi ‘look like unpleasant gray or brown fluff,’” said Wim van Egmond, who began making time-lapse videos more than 12 years ago while working at the Micropia... 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ People , Videography , Museums

Simplified: Wim van Egmond began making time-lapse videos more than 12 years ago while working at the Micropia Museum in Amsterdam.

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After examining similar cases, Mr. Nam Nhat found that, for roundworms, immobilizing competing organisms seems to be a typical defensive mechanism. 1.000

👤 Nguyen Nam Nhat 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biology , Animal Behavior

Simplified: Nguyen Nam Nhat found that a typical defensive mechanism for roundworms is to immobilize competing organisms.

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Mr. Nam Nhat, who studies the reproductive behaviors of microbes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , People , Biology

Simplified: Nguyen Nam Nhat studies the reproductive behaviors of microbes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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...primary ciliary dyskinesia, a respiratory disorder that causes cilia to become weak, uncoordinated and unable to do their job. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Medicine , Biology

Simplified: Primary ciliary dyskinesia is a respiratory disorder that causes cilia to become weak and uncoordinated.

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This failure can result in lifelong respiratory infections like bronchitis and pneumonia. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Medicine

Simplified: The failure of cilia in primary ciliary dyskinesia can result in lifelong respiratory infections like bronchitis and pneumonia.

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He is hoping that his work can help doctors better understand the disease, which affects an estimated one in 7,500 people worldwide. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Statistics , Medicine

Simplified: Primary ciliary dyskinesia affects an estimated one in 7,500 people worldwide.

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In his first-place video, Ning Xu... showed the cilia of a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia... 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , People , Competitions

Simplified: Ning Xu won first place in the Nikon Small World in Motion competition for a video showing the cilia of a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia.

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In 2011, a new and separate contest was created for moving images. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Competitions , Videography

Simplified: A separate contest for moving images was added to the Nikon Small World competition in 2011.

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The Small World competition first began in 1975, when it accepted only photography. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Photography , Competitions

Simplified: The Nikon Small World competition began in 1975 and initially only accepted photography.

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In his first-place video, Ning Xu, an optical engineer at the National University of Singapore, showed the cilia of a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia... 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , People

Simplified: Ning Xu is an optical engineer at the National University of Singapore.

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In airways like the lungs, throat and nostrils, cilia are tiny, hairlike structures that beat in coordinated waves to sweep away mucus. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biology , Anatomy

Simplified: Cilia in airways are tiny, hairlike structures that beat in coordinated waves to sweep away mucus.

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This year’s judging panel included award-winning scientists, designers and directors of scientific institutions. 1.000

👤 Stella Raine Chu 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Competitions

Simplified: The 2026 Nikon Small World in Motion competition judging panel included scientists, designers, and directors of scientific institutions.

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