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Best science and technology pictures of the week

News imageGetty Images As Chicago endured bitterly cold temperatures, a truck is covered in ice as firefighters help to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse (Copyright: Getty Images)Getty Images
As Chicago endured bitterly cold temperatures, a truck is covered in ice as firefighters help to extinguish a massive blaze at a vacant warehouse (Copyright: Getty Images)

The most amazing pictures from the past seven days – including the birth of stars, life at sub-zero temperatures and micro-living in the city.

More stunning image galleries:

Pollution from space, active volcanoes and a robot restaurant

Amazing Lego sculptures, freakish weather… and Big Bird

Gruesome tools, environmental disasters and intimate views from space.

Christmas treats and the end of the world

Bathing snow monkeys, a tweeting pope and elephant dung coffee.

Architectural giants and a new way of seeing the Moon

Red pandas, Saturn and Nature’s unstoppable forces

The world's largest bloom, the world's largest aquarium and the world's fastest sailing boat

Venice under water, a total eclipse and a pedestrian-avoiding car

Space shuttle, Baumgartner and Hurricane Sandy

The best of 2012 galleries:

A year in space

The year in technology

A year of discovery

People of the year

The year in weather

The year in wildlife

Weird and wonderful

Places

New frontiers

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