The best science and technology pictures of the week
PAThe most impressive pictures from the last seven days, including a lightning strike on the London Eye, a huge wave of water in China and a popsicle-licking polar bear.
More stunning image galleries:
Supersonic planes, migrating whales and hair washing in space
Rubber wastelands, a trip to a taxidermist and hurricane testing labs
Flu scares, robot surgery and the untouched planet
Cars in flight, active volcanoes and an enormous tarantula
Giant eggs, natural born killers and a musical use for gun parts
The universe’s earliest light, zero gravity and a macaque with hayfever
Comets, the world’s largest astronomical project and a lagoon of death
Biblical swarms, reaching out into space, and jumping rats
Deep sea beauty, giant drilling machines and hypnotic space telescopes
Stunning views of Earth and up close and personal with a human parasite
Russian meteor, extreme weather and a turtle with artificial fins
Cosmic storms, the first bionic man and how to clean a oil-covered bird
Birth of stars, life at sub-zero temperatures and micro-living in the city
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.
Venice under water, a total eclipse and a pedestrian-avoiding car
Space shuttle, Baumgartner and Hurricane Sandy
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