The 2022 edition once again brings forth some of the most spectacular images from the natural world—as well as the places where humans and animals meet
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Spinning tails! Here’s how bacteria really move
Science and Tech
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New microscopic technique reveals how they, and other tiny lifeforms called archaea, use their ‘tails’, known as flagellum
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Now that is jaw-dropping news!
Planet
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New study reveals why the Burmese python is able to outdo other snakes with its wide open mouth
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Hubble + James Webb = amazing!
Science and Tech
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This composite, or combined, image of the distant Phantom Galaxy uses pictures taken by our two most powerful space telescopes
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When is something more than just art? When it’s a ‘City’!
Weird Zone
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After 50 years, a curious and enormous megasculpture has finally opened in the Nevada desert
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Behold! The unfreezable fish!
Science and Tech
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While not technically true, this tiny snailfish is able to survive in freezing water that would turn most fish into fish sticks