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Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

Humans

Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

Photographer Richard Mosse has captured stark images of refugees in various countries, using a long-distance infrared camera designed for military use

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Physics

The pioneering snowflake photographs of a young obsessive

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Ramón y Cajal

Life

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

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carbon cascade

Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

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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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Roy Lichtenstein – Eclipse of the sun (1975)

Space

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

Features

Field showing circular indentations near centre of image

Humans

Aerial pictures reveal England's ancient archaeological sites

News

A titanium dioxide metamaterial lens

Technology

Metamaterial lens is thinner than the light it bends and focuses

News

diving duck

Life

Eider duck caught diving beneath the Norwegian waves

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RetroFab

Technology

One Per Cent

Modding your gadgets to your own design, and the AI that conjures up the missing bits of an image

News

Life

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

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Technology

William Henry Fox Talbot and the birth of the photograph

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Humans

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

CultureLab

Life

Glass invertebrates reveal the plight of modern oceans

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