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Earth

Huge fossil-like scars of the Anthropocene mark walls of Russian mine

Vast machines have left the subterranean world of a potash mine in the Urals with ammonite-like whorls, photographed for a project to highlight lasting human impacts on the planet.

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Life

David Attenborough’s Life on Earth review – a revamped classic

Culture

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Life

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Culture

Rhone Glacier, Switzerland, 2018 (c) Norfolk & Thyman

Earth

Photography: heating up the climate campaign

Culture

hawkmoth

Life

An extreme close-up with a beautiful furry moth

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See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

Space

See the bright lights and spectacular colours of our shining universe

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Health

Gallery of terrifying gynaecological tools from past 200 years

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A rabbit photobombs a picture

Technology

AI that deletes people from photos makes rewriting history easy

News

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Life

The hypnotic face and emerald eyes of the yellow pygmy goby

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Life

Mould gets artistic to take particle decay photo to a new level

For 30 years, mould marched across this image, eating through the protein in the gelatin-based emulsion and leaving a chaotic swirl of colours

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Life

Where eagles dare to dumpster dive

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Physics

A single atom is visible to the naked eye in this stunning photo

News

Earth

Spectacular light pillars rise up in frozen North America

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Technology

Old Scientist: Just like the movies

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