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men in panda suits

Life

Humans in panda suits try to track down bears in the woods

That bizarre get-up isn't meant to fool you – it's for the bears in Wolong Nature Reserve, China, who must not get used to human contact

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whale skin

Life

Sperm whale's skin comes off during mass 'scratchathon'

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Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

Humans

Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

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Physics

The pioneering snowflake photographs of a young obsessive

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cranes

Life

Village's crane guests seen from a 'grain's point of view'

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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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beetle's path on leaf

Life

Headlight beetle's glowing path caught in time-lapse photo

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Space

Space silhouettes: Giant monuments celebrate Soviet supremacy

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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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Life

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

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Humans

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

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Life

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

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Earth

Dark waves tower during violent storm on Lake Erie

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