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2016 in pictures: The best science images of the year

Nature volume 540, pages 500–505 (2016)Cite this article

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Cressey, D. 2016 in pictures: The best science images of the year. Nature 540, 500–505 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540500a

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