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Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week
Deep-Sea Alien:
Imagine this fearsome sight: an ink-black shark with gnarly, needle-like teeth; creepy, glass-like eyes; a glowing belly and a potentially extendable jaw. That’s what scientists saw when they pulled up this rare creature, along with four of its pals.
[Full Story: ‘Alien’ Shark with Goblin-Like Jaws Hauled Up from the Deep Sea]
The Blackest Black:
Male birds of paradise have specialized feathers that reflect back only the barest amount of light, creating a light-sucking matte effect.
[Full Story: The ‘Black Hole’ Optical Illusion of the Bird of Paradise Explained]
Bizarre Hitmen:
These killer spiders look like birds and strike like ninjas. New research suggests there’s way more of them than scientists thought.
[Full Story: Pelican Spiders Are the Weirdest-Looking Assassins You’ll Ever See]
Disturbing Robot:
This dirt-dispersing robot-baby torso will crawl out of the lab and into your nightmares.
[Full Story: Why Scientists Just Created the Creepiest Robot Baby You’ll Ever See]
Strange Swirling Droplet:
A viral GIF shows a single drop of liquid spinning like a glorious galaxy until it suddenly evaporates. Why? Good question.
[Full Story: Even Chemists Are Baffled by This GIF of a Droplet Spiraling to Its Doom]
Layers of Ice:
The newfound sheets are buried by just a few feet of Martian dirt in some places, meaning it might be accessible to future crewed missions.
[Full Story: Huge Glaciers Found Hiding Beneath Mars Surface]
In Fossilized Color:
Fossilized eye tissue in a 120-million-year-old bird has revealed that this ancient creature could likely see in color.
[Full Story: This Bird ‘Eyeball’ Survived 120 Million Years]
Surviving the Cold:
Why did these alligators stick their noses out of the water during last week’s cold snap?
[Full Story: Alligators ‘Snorkel’ to Survive Ice-Covered Swamp]
Unexpected Savior:
A marine biologist was surprised when a humpback whale started lifting her out of the water — and even more surprised when she saw what it was protecting her from.
[Full Story: This Humpback Whale Saved a Woman’s Life, But Probably Not on Purpose]
Shark-cicles:
As the Arctic blast continues to roil the Eastern Seaboard with gusty winds and frigid temperatures, at least four thresher sharks have been found frozen off the coast of Cape Cod.
[Full Story: Frozen Sharks Washing Up on Cape Cod]
