The best science and technology pictures of the week

Some animal societies are ruled by despots with an iron fist, while others seem naturally egalitarian – and they all have lessons for us.

Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

In a deadly cold period known as the Little Ice Age, clever Elizabethan designs kept a magnificent stately home unusually warm – with lessons for how we can heat our own homes better.