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Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

Jean Painlevé was using films and stills to share his passion for marine life with French audiences long before David Attenborough's TV documentaries

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Space

NASA rockets leave blistering record of human space flight

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Life

The beautiful bird corpses left by illegal Maltese sharpshooters

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Dubai painting

Humans

Disappearing buildings in the desert aren't all they seem

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Life

Fish's toothy grin is perfect for crunching up armoured prey

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Technology

How to dust a telescope’s 78-square-metre mirror with CO₂

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Life

Humans in panda suits try to track down bears in the woods

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Life

Sperm whale's skin comes off during mass 'scratchathon'

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Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

Humans

Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

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Physics

The pioneering snowflake photographs of a young obsessive

Born in 1865, William Bentley was fascinated by snowflakes from an early age and invented a technique for capturing them on film

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Life

Village's crane guests seen from a 'grain's point of view'

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Life

Early sketches of the brain show Ramón y Cajal's artistic genius

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Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

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Life

Headlight beetle's glowing path caught in time-lapse photo

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