This butterfly lives up to 25 times longer than its relatives.

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The heads are nowhere to be found.

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The world needs this.

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"This is the first time we actually see one flickering."

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"Incredible animals we are only just starting to understand."

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"We only know it existed because a few fragments of it happened to land on Earth."

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A secret to aging gracefully?

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Our star may be entering “a different mode of behavior".

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"A very real problem that needs a solution."

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