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

New microscopic technique reveals how they, and other tiny lifeforms called archaea, use their ‘tails’, known as flagellum


Now that is jaw-dropping news!
Planet

New study reveals why the Burmese python is able to outdo other snakes with its wide open mouth


Hubble + James Webb = amazing!
Science and Tech

This composite, or combined, image of the distant Phantom Galaxy uses pictures taken by our two most powerful space telescopes


When is something more than just art? When it’s a ‘City’!
Weird Zone

After 50 years, a curious and enormous megasculpture has finally opened in the Nevada desert


Behold! The unfreezable fish!
Science and Tech

While not technically true, this tiny snailfish is able to survive in freezing water that would turn most fish into fish sticks