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Pictures of the year: Science and Technology
Our best science and technology photos of the year.
Goodbye moon
40 years ago, mankind took its last steps on the moon with the Apollo 17 lunar mission. A look at the Apollo project and other moon missions that might have been.
Coffee from El Salvador's slopes
Once a family-owned plantation, Santa Adelaida coffee in El Salvador is now a cooperative dedicated to the production of organically-grown high ground coffee.
John McAfee: founder and fugitive
John McAfee, founder of the anti-virus company which still bears his name, is deported to the US after being on the run following the death of his neighbor.
Handmade eyeballs
A German ocularist produces individual glass-blown human eye prostheses for people who have lost an eye due to a trauma, illness or accident.
Syria's displaced animals
A look at animals caught in the crossfire of the Syrian civil war.
Spotlight on Justin Bieber
Pop icon Justin Bieber may have been the target of a murder plot.
Best photos of the year 2012
In this showcase, the photographers offer a behind the scenes account of the images that helped define the year. Slideshow
Mad dogs and motorcycles
The term “motoboy” in Sao Paulo is synonymous with an angry rebel, one of the thousands of motorcycle couriers also known as “mad dogs.”
High times in Washington
It’s hard to describe the feeling of photographing people using cannabis out in the open. I’ve only seen it once before at Seattle’s Hempfest, and it's still such a strange sight to me.