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crocodile

Life

This crocodile emerging from the gloom sure seems happy to see you

Smiling American crocodile shows off its teeth – but although specimens can grow 6 metres long, the species rarely launches unprovoked attacks on people

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photographic film

Life

The amazing assortment of stuff at the bottom of one Amsterdam canal

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volcano oasis

Earth

The tiny oasis spared wrath of Hawaii's volcano

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space launch system

Space

Giant rocket simulator helps engineers tweak before first launch

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man reaching into robot's head

Technology

These hyper-real androids are climbing out of the uncanny valley

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stag beetles

Life

Fighting with a fifth of your body weight on your head

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The Tarantula Nebula

Space

See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars

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Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

Earth

Night fishing with light-up lures that can be seen from space

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Plastic in Space

Earth

Salvaged plastics imitate bizarre and beautiful sea life

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speculum

Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

These don't look like the kinds of things you might want inserted in your body – but these instruments have been gynaecological staples for hundreds of years

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Humans

Swirling wall of moving patterns represents our thoughts

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Earth

Join NASA's Operation IceBridge on its icy polar mission

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Life

This big cat's seafood snack is an endangered turtle

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Space

The neon swirls that show how a map of our galaxy is made

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