Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week

Each week we find the most interesting and informative articles we can and along the way we uncover amazing and cool images. Here you’ll discover 10 incredible photos and the stories behind them.

Arachnids or insects?

Two new species of spidery cave beetle have been discovered.

[Full Story: Scary Cave Spider? No, They’re New Beetle Species]

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Keys to a plague:

A new DNA analysis fills in more of first plague pandemic’s genome.

[Full Story: World’s 1st Plague Pandemic Bacteria Gets New Genetic Analysis]

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Mapping Alaska:

New topographic maps help monitor eroding coastlines and melting permafrost.

[Full Story: Alaska Has Been Mapped as Precisely as Mars]

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Dangerous approach:

Intense storms were found in Hurricane Hermine as it continued to strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico.

[Full Story: Hurricane Hermine Threatens Florida in New Photo from Space]

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New old bones:

An exquisitely preserved skull provides new insight into flying reptile evolution.

[Full Story: New Pterosaur Species with Intact Skull Uncovered in Patagonia]

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Reptile carving:

A centuries-old stone crocodile carving used in Mesoamerican rituals was recently discovered in Oaxaca, Mexico.

[Full Story: Crocodile Carving Played Ritual Role in Ancient Mesoamerican City]

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Art in alcohol:

Gorgeous crystalline images come from a surprising source.

[Full Story: Salute! Stunning Microphotos Capture Boozy Beauty in Italian Cocktails]

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Climate change effects:

One of the nation’s cutest animals is disappearing due to climate change.

[Full Story: Adorable American Pika Is Disappearing Due to Climate Change]

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Origami machines:

A team has created a new 4D printing process that makes soft, bendable polymers that respond to heat, which could be used in origami robots or drug-delivery devices.

[Full Story: Gumby Bots! New Bendable Structures Could Make Origami Machines]

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World’s oldest fossil:

Tiny ripples of sediment on ancient seafloor, captured inside a 3.7-billion-year-old rock in Greenland, may be the oldest fossils of living organisms ever found on Earth, according to a new study.

[Full Story: 3.7-Billion-Year-Old Rock May Hold Earth’s Oldest Fossils]

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Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week