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Life

Cicadas set to emerge in once in every 17-year event

This intricate image of a cicada shedding its skin in the US state of Maryland was taken by Carolyn Kaster. Trillions more will soon emerge across the country for a brooding event that occurs once every 17 years

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Stark images of Amazon show incredible peaks and Indigenous peoples

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Siberian flying squirrel caught mid-body-slam in rare photo

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Life

Nature’s hardest-to-reproduce colours recreated in exhibition

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Earth

More fissures are opening up at the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland

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Space

Amazing images from International Space station battle for photo prize

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Physics

7 mesmerising images that capture underlying properties of the world

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Earth

Amazing image of farmer fighting locusts among photo award shortlist

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Health

This cloud of bats in Thailand could help us probe covid-19’s origins

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Humans

An Impossible Project review: Heartfelt film about Polaroid’s saviour

A new documentary, An Impossible Project, beautifully recreates the feel of Polaroid as it follows the day-to-day life of analogue tech champion Florian Kaps, who resurrected the instant film company

Culture

Life

Thousands of starlings fly together to make an enormous bird

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Powerful photos of African lions highlight their precarious future

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Health

Unexpected beauty of cancer research revealed in competition shortlist

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Life

Amazing gecko photos captured using X-rays from a particle accelerator

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