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Exquisite plant portraits created using Victorian photography method

These intricate plant images are a nod to Victorian botanical techniques, which used silver to expose the inner beauty of plants – here collected by photographer William Arnold on country walks

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Technology

CERN muon detector gets major upgrade for better particle hunting

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Environment

Tragic image of an orphan macaque wins wildlife photography award

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Earth

International Space Station image shows beauty of the world’s oceans

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Life

Superstrong sea sponge could help build better spacecraft

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Environment

Wildfire nightmare captured in harrowing image of California burning

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Space

Glittering image of Andromeda galaxy takes top photography award

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Life

Image of whooper swans flying in harmony wins bird photography award

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Space

This 3.2 gigapixel cauliflower is the largest photograph ever taken

News

Life

Beautiful blooming phytoplankton create swirling art in the Baltic Sea

This image released by NASA's Earth Observatory shows a giant bloom created by phytoplankton off the Swedish coast

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Life

Rare swarming rays and Australian bushfires win top photography prizes

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Environment

Fukushima surfers return nearly a decade after the nuclear disaster

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Space

ESA’s dazzling laser hunts for atmospheric pollution in the Antarctic

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Environment

Can we rely on tropical forests to stop runaway climate change?

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