5 Incredible Science Photos
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council - the UK's leading funding agency for academic research and training in the non-clinical life sciences - recently released the winning images for their science photo contest. Here are the top 5:
Ant Flexes Its Muscles
This photo of an Asian weaver ant as it sticks to a glass ceiling carrying 100 times its own weight, was first overall in the competition.
(Thomas Endlein, University of Cambridge)Killer Whale
This photo of a killer whale was the runner-up in the "Concepts" category.
(Emma Foster, University of Leeds)Soil Bugs
This photo of mites, springtails and insects from a soil sample won in the "Agriculture, Food, Diet and Health" category.
(Felicity Crotty, North Wyke Research and University of Plymouth)
Crow Uses A Bar
A New Caledonian crow uses a stick to pull food from a small hole. This photo won in the "Concepts" category.
Stuck Salmon
(Jolyon Troscianko, University of Birmingham)
Stuck Salmon
This photo won in the "People" category, where a fisherman catches wild salmon in Puget Sound, Washington state.
(Emma Foster, University of Leeds)
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