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Meet the artist who burns her creations to amazing effect
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Over 48,000 photos were entered in the Veolia Environnement contest; these 10 were among the most stunning
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Two photographers ventured deep into the forests of central Africa to capture touching photos of a 33-year-old wild silverback and his clan
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We took the spook-tacular celebration to the depths of the ocean, where some of the craziest—and scariest—looking creatures lurk in the dark
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Abandoned mansions, ghostly twins and murders of crows are just a few of the scariest entries from past photo contests
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Photographer Zed Nelson traveled the world documenting how body improvement has practically become a new religion
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An editors' pick from our ongoing 10th annual photo contest
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Artist Evan Roth's award-winning work puts the action in interaction
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The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America's highways can be strange and beautiful. Tell us which one you think is the best
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Check out these incredible images by photojournalist Brian Skerry, and help select which photographs will appear in an upcoming exhibit
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Look closely at these photographs. Shut down by the Chinese government, Liu Bolin has mastered the art of disappearing
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Wheaties has been around for nearly 90 years, but when did they start putting athletes on the cover?
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Recall the athletes who capture our imaginations every four years and let us know who is your favorite
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More than just eye candy, these images are teaching scientists new insights into how the brain is organized
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Test yourself on our quiz of the famous, infamous and not-so-famous least powerful men in the country
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For athletes on the world stage, nothing is worse than choking under pressure. Here are the 10 most memorable transgressors
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Using the WayBack Machine, we looked back at how the homepage has changed since the early days of the Internet
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Through January 2013, the Natural History Museum is home to stunning photographs of wildlife around the world
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One enthusiast's collection, on exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, offers a sweeping look at grass-roots movements since the 1960s
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They came, they clucked and they conquered. Get the story behind these absurd portraits and how they came to be
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