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Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

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Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Tim Laman, named this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year, used ropes and GoPro cameras to take a shot of an endangered ape climbing a tall tree for food

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Roy Lichtenstein – Eclipse of the sun (1975)

Space

Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

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Field showing circular indentations near centre of image

Humans

Aerial pictures reveal England's ancient archaeological sites

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A titanium dioxide metamaterial lens

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Metamaterial lens is thinner than the light it bends and focuses

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diving duck

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Eider duck caught diving beneath the Norwegian waves

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orchid cuckoo bee

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Insects reveal an alien beauty in huge extreme close-up photos

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One Per Cent

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Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot and the birth of the photograph

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octopus

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Glass invertebrates reveal the plight of modern oceans

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Racism, photography and DNA: can we right past wrongs?

Capturing differences between people can easily fuel prejudice: two books explore how pseudoscience helped make ideas about race and how real science unmakes them

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Our photo uploads give scientists billions of eyes on the world

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Top 10 photos from the Eureka Prize for Science Photography 2015

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