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sporangia of ferns

Life

See the explosive life of fern fronds under the microscope

Ferns hide hundreds of ingenious natural catapults under their leaves – waiting to disperse spores far and wide. This glowing close-up captures the detail

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fangtooth fish

Life

Up close with the giant teeth of the deep-sea fangtooth

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US/Mexico boundary

Humans

Monuments divide the US and Mexico – one man snapped them all

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Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

Life

Hacker, the humpback whale who got tangled in an internet cable

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lake

Earth

Dark waves tower during violent storm on Lake Erie

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condoms 1

Technology

See inside a condom factory and what it takes to keep sex safe

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Glen Canyon

Earth

Space view makes for an eerie sight of the Colorado river

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Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

Life

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

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Giant antler bones

Life

The deer whose antlers spanned three-and-a-half metres

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coloured sludge

Earth

Crimson streaks of industrial waste criss-cross the Mississippi

The contrast between the impressionistic beauty and the dark subject matter of J. Henry Fair’s aerial photography is intended to inspire environmental action

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Technology

A not-so-delicate buttercup crafted from metal

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Humans

Immortalising human brains at the world's largest brain bank

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Upside-down clouds grow down and cascade across the Kansas sky

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Life

Swooping pharaoh eagle-owl hunts in the desert

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