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Scott's team of five standing at the pole on 18 January 1912, immediately following their discovery that they were not the first to arrive

Humans

Scott’s tragic polar selfie: Rare photo goes under the hammer

A selfie of Scott’s Antarctic team minutes after discovering they lost out to Norwegian Roald Amundsen has been sold – only to disappear again

Culture

Art of auto rickshaw

Technology

Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

Culture

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Space

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Culture

woman swimming

Earth

Stunning shots capture how we interact with our natural world

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sun's movements

Technology

Solar time lapse burns through film to create a unique look

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Alaska

Earth

Pink mountains light up in otherworldly view of fjord

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crab claw

Life

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

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men in panda suits

Life

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

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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

Born in 1865, William Bentley was fascinated by snowflakes from an early age and invented a technique for capturing them on film

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Life

Early sketches of the brain show Ramón y Cajal's artistic genius

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Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

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Life

Dizzying view of orangutan hunting for figs wins photo prize

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Space

Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science

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