In 2013 The Scientist celebrated the first full year of our popular “Image of the Day” posts and the meteoric rise of our Facebook site. Here are the most “Liked” Images of the Day as selected by our 790,000+ friends.
The flannel moth caterpillar Megalopyge opercularis sports hair-like venomous spines and, according to some, bears an uncanny resemblance to a walking toupee.
A white blood cell (purple) engulfs Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (yellow).
White matter fibers of the human brain are tracked with diffusion tensor imaging.
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