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SPIDER reactor

Physics

Inside the SPIDER facility, preparing for nuclear fusion tests

Due for completion next year, the SPIDER facility in Italy will fine-tune the heating source for ITER, the world's first experimental fusion reactor

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man in lab

Life

Nearly abandoned lab in Tanzanian mountains is 70s time capsule

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sun's movements

Technology

Solar time lapse burns through film to create a unique look

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blenny fish

Life

Wary blenny fish pokes its head out from a Caribbean reef

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Alaska

Earth

Pink mountains light up in otherworldly view of fjord

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pink weevil

Life

Pink weevil spreads its wings to prepare for rainforest take-off

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Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

Earth

Marine life is rubbish... at least in these pictures

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humpbacks

Life

Drone spots humpback whales and orcas moving in on cloud of fish

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crab claw

Life

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

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launch pad trench

Space

NASA rockets leave blistering record of human space flight

Until recently, a flame trench under launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida bore the scorch marks of decades of rocket launches

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Life

The beautiful bird corpses left by illegal Maltese sharpshooters

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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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