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Space

NASA HQ picked their best photos of the year. Here are our 13 favorites.

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These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think
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These birds help humans hunt for honey—but it’s not as sweet as you might think

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The world’s first successful limb re-attachment is a fascinating story of science and human ingenuity

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Conservation

The 12 most underrated national parks in the US

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The history-altering medical mystery of an astronaut who fell in the bathroom

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Environment

12 awe-inspiring landscape photos showing off Earth’s beauty

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Technology

The revolutionary toy technology of ‘Captain Power’ that time forgot

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ADHD may have evolved to give us foraging superpowers
Space

ADHD may have evolved to give us foraging superpowers

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International Space Station

What a total solar eclipse looks like from space

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Solar System

14 stellar photos from the 2024 total solar eclipse

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a small panda in the woods
Animals

Glorious nature photographs honor the impact of Jane Goodall

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pokemon character Eevee that looks like a rabbit plus a cat.
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If Pokémon existed in the wild, how would they compare to real animals?

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Animals

18 beautiful and jarring wildlife photos that remind us nature is fierce

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A man uses a tinted glass to watch as the moon passes infront of the Earth's star marking a total eclipse, the only one this year, in Vigo, northwestern Spain on March 20, 2015.
Moons

This is the most cosmically perfect time in history

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Animals

10 delightfully silly, never-before-seen images from Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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The buried treasure that helped take us to the moon

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a walrus lays on the cement in front of boats at night
Animals

Urban walrus and fighting frogs: 12 charming images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards

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Uranus is a grizzly bear: Understanding planet mass using animals

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Animals

12 wildlife photos showing the metal, serene, and cheeky side of nature

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When steering balls of poop, dung beetles use the stars to navigate

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Space

15 captivating photos of auroras seen from space

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A history of trepanning: Why do we put holes in our skulls?

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Why flamingo milk is pink
Birds

Why flamingo milk is pink

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A silhouette of a rocket passes in front of the moon
Photography

13 award-winning photographs that showcase Earth’s wonders

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The US government once rented caves in Missouri to store its excess cheese

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Road rage—and parking spot envy—can reveal a lot about how humans tick
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Road rage—and parking spot envy—can reveal a lot about how humans tick

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In the 1600s, one town in the Netherlands literally ate the rich
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In the 1600s, one town in the Netherlands literally ate the rich

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Best of What's New

The 50 greatest innovations of 2023

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Even without brains, jellyfish learn from their mistakes
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Even without brains, jellyfish learn from their mistakes

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AI

How do chatbots work?

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spider in a web
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Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spider

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a hippo in the water opening its jaws
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American hippopotamus ranching almost took off 100 years ago

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A fluorescent microscopic image, magnified 20 times, of a rodent nerve.
Biology

Unraveled nerves and mesmerizing caffeine crystals: 10 sensational glimpses of the microscopic realm

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Red fall foliage on three-leaf sumac in Great Sand Dunes National Park
Environment

11 fiery shots of fall foliage around the US

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A person tweezing their own armpit hair.
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Ancient Romans tweezed their armpits until they screamed

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Turkey vulture sitting on a rock
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Turkey vultures have the ultimate self-defense technique: projectile vomiting

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Manatee in a patch of sunlight
Ocean

Sea the beauty of the world’s oceans with these 12 award-worthy photos

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Birds have been using anti-bird spikes to build love nests and fortresses
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Birds have been using anti-bird spikes to build love nests and fortresses

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Possum eating on a doorstep
Wildlife

11 jaw-dropping photos of marsupials, mushrooms, and more

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a big pile of bananas
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Male mice are utterly terrified of bananas

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2023 World Robot Conference In Beijing robots
Robots

See the coolest and strangest machines from the World Robot Conference

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Dead humback whale on beach from aerial view
Sharks

Dead whales and dinosaur eggs: 7 fascinating images by researchers

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a crocodile poking its head out of the water
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Ancient Egyptians used crocodile dung for birth control—and it kind of worked

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10 cosmically beautiful photos of the Perseid meteor shower from around the world
Space

10 cosmically beautiful photos of the Perseid meteor shower from around the world

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Frog image in black and white shot on iPhone.
Technology

Check out some of the winners of the latest iPhone Photography Awards

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a child exploring dinosaur bones
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Why kids make the best amateur fossil hunters

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Live from New York: ‘The Weirdest Thing’ podcast (in person!)

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fluffy chicken in some grass
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Before humans ate chickens, we treasured them as exotic pets

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a still from the film, The Princess Bride
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Fire swamps are more than just folk legend

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A green adult L. heckscheri frog sits amid some rocks and fungus.
Wildlife

Check out some of the weirdest warty frogs in North America

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The mysterious sickness that made a million of people fall asleep at once

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a big pile of logs
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This ancient civilization literally used their heads to move massive logs for miles

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a clown in makeup in front of some balloons
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There’s a good reason why so many adults are scared of clowns

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a whale breaching over the ocean waves
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Sunken whale carcasses create entire marine cities on the ocean floor

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A meteor from the Eta Aquarids streaks through the night sky.
Space

The history of Halley’s Comet—and the fireball show it brings us every spring

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elden ring screenshot of the great tree
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Elden Ring’s corpse wax is real—sort of

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Deep Space

How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?

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bog butter in a small container
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‘Bog butter’ is exactly what it sounds like: delicious

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Goldfish learned to drive tanks on wheels—and that’s not even the best part

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A winning picture of mutated pollen grains, colorized, from the Koch Institute Image Awards.
Biology

Under a microscope, mouse colons and mutant pollen become art

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a taxidermy stork with a spear through its neck
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A stork impaled by a 30-inch spear flew thousands of miles to make it home

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Your earwax contains multitudes—of secrets about your health

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The Monty Python ‘silly walk’ could replace your gym workout

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A sea sponge’s sneeze lasts a very, very long time

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