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The plans to build a Martian mega city you’d actually want to travel 300 million km to live in

A picture taken on April 9, 2021 in Saignelegier shows a horse being airlifted during a test by Swiss army forces on hoisting horses with a helicopter. - The scientific project, carried out by the Vetsuisse faculty of veterinary medicine and the Swiss army veterinary service, aims at transporting and rapidly evacuating injured horses to a medical veterinary infrastructure. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Foals rush in where angels fear to tread: Swiss military test helicopter horse evacuation procedure

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21 incredible pictures from the Bird Photographer of the Year 2021

TOPSHOT - A pilot takes a flight on a flying taxi prototype during testing in Moscow on March 16, 2021. - Russian developer of passenger drones Hoversurf company tests its Hover drone taxi, a flying vehicle that can fly 30 minutes on one charge at an altitude of 150 meters transporting passengers and cargo up to 300 kg for a distance of up to 100 kilometers at speed of 200 kilometers per hour. The company aims to have these drones operating by 2025. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Everyday science

Cyborg skin, flying cars and THAT boat: Here’s our favourite scientific images from March

A chimpanzee female sleeps in a nest built in a tree at Kibale National Park, Uganda © BBC/Eric Baccega/NPL

Animal Einsteins: Amazing photos from Chris Packham’s new series

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The unseen stunning side of UK sea life, as told in 11 photos

Poo power and rubbish bricks: 8 ingenious projects forging a trash-free future © Luca Locatelli/Institute

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Poo power and rubbish bricks: 8 ingenious projects forging a trash-free future

A Bengal tigress with a catchlight in her eye lies up to her neck in the dark shadows of a water hole. Her name is Maya 'The Enchantress', and she has orange and black stripes with white patches on her head. Shot with a Nikon D810 in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in India on 13 May 2017, which just happened to be my birthday!
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What goes up: World Nature Photography Award winners

What animals are on David Attenborough's Life in Colour episode 2? © BBC/Humble Bee Films/SeaLight Pictures/Gavin Thurston

What animals are on David Attenborough’s Life in Colour episode 2?

In pictures: Virgin air-launched rocket carries 10 ‘CubeSat’ satellites into orbit © Virgin Orbit

In pictures: Virgin air-launched rocket carries 10 ‘CubeSat’ satellites into orbit

What animals are on David Attenborough's Life in Colour episode 1? © BBC/Humble BeeFilms/SeaLight Pictures

What animals are on David Attenborough’s Life in Colour episode 1?

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11 history-making Mars Perseverance rover moments, captured on camera

Quartz and some of the associated minerals that give it color enter into the fossilizing process as solutions, gels, and sols. Although they move as liquids, gels and sols are made up of very small particles bound together by weak electrical bonds. In this specimen, the linear arrays of small round structures were produced by local condensations of particulate mineral. During their consolidation, small puddles of pigment formed that are unrelated to the structure of the bone itself.

On Thin Ice: RPS Science Photographer of the Year winners unveiled

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A Dance of Sharks and Gulls: Underwater Photography Prize Winners

TPOTY 2020 Winners

Ghostly Arctic Fox and a Snail on a mission win the Travel Photographer of the Year awards