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Taken in the Italian village, Cocullo, which celebrates the day of Saint Domenic. 2025

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Italian festival of the snake-catchers revealed in colourful photos

The village of Cocullo celebrates a festa dei serpari every May – and scientists are getting in on the action

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Ami Vitale - Pandamonium A panda keeper does a health check on the cub of giant panda Xi Mei at the Wolong Nature Reserve managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan province, China October 31, 2015. (Photo by Ami Vitale)

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Powerful images capture the fragility and resilience of our planet

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Remarkable photos highlight the haunting resilience of nature

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Remarkable photos highlight the haunting resilience of nature

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Guatemala - Tabil - Maya ladies collect corn, an essential crop that is also part of their traditional cultural heritage. Corn is used to make tortilla, served at each meal, but also soups.

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These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of the Maya people

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Out of Africa champagne picnic experience. Masai Mara luxury safari. Kenya Kenya???s national parks and reserves offer tourists the chance to see wild animals in what remains of their natural habitat. In Masai Mara, tourists engage in colonial fantasies while re-enacting the romantic picnic scene in the film Out of Africa. Local Masaai tribesman are employed to provide picturesque authenticity to the experience. Earth???s wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 69% in the last 50 years; 90% of African elephants have been wiped out in the past century. Kenyan national parks provide a sanctuary, but the animals living within them are allowed to survive essentially for human entertainment and reassurance. These animals become, in effect, performers for paying tourists eager to see a nostalgic picture-book image of the natural world.

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Captivating images expose a 'staged version' of nature

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Liquid Gold Anna Curran Department of Mathematics A lattice of bubbles inside a ring that has been dipped in soapy water. The bubbles hold their shape because of molecules in the dish soap called surfactants, which stabilise the interface. Surfactants are all around us - for example, they allow soap to break down dirt and bacteria, and they are given to premature babies to help them inflate their lungs. Conversely, they threaten the efficacy of various industrial applications such as self-cleaning surfaces and laptop cooling systems. My research focuses on mathematically modelling the effect of these molecules at a f luid interface, in order to gain a greater understanding of how to control their behaviour in these applications.

Physics

Photography contest spotlights the beauty of science in vivid detail

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19719.9.22 Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California 2022 MITCH EPSTEIN. AMERICAN NATURE

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Images capture the timeless beauty of America's ancient forests

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Feather Foiled Print

Mathematics

Artist brings data to life in striking screen prints

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Mandy Barker-T-shirt_Delesseria tunic ictus

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Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes

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Will Burrard-Lucas Forest elephant

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Camera trap spots endangered elephant mother and calf on the move

A weatherproof box and motion-trigger camera help photographer Will Burrard-Lucas capture images of rarely seen African elephants

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Humans

Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life

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Environment

How cloud-seeding could help us predict when it will snow

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Physics

Hypnotic art has its roots in the terrifying reality of nuclear bombs

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Space

Eerie image of a space-bound rocket among photo contest finalists

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