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A researcher uses thermal cameras, laser scanners and other techniques to capture bat-life when the lights are off.
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Researchers use time-lapse photography and a prosthetic plant to understand how cucumber tendrils curl.
Many of us spend more waking hours at our desk than anywhere else. Writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks explains what his desk means to him. From lumps of metal to lemurs, Sacks describes some of his treasures, his preferred method for writing his books and why he takes comfort in dense metals.