For his 1872 book, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin asked that seven photographic plates capturing the fleeting expressions of various subjects be included. His publisher tried to dissuade him, fearing that printing the photographs would result in a financial loss. But Darwin insisted, realizing the invaluable contribution the nascent technique would make to the sciences, and went on to publish one of the very first photographically illustrated science books.
In the same spirit, The Scientist’s third annual Labby Multimedia Awards celebrate the use of images—both still and moving—in the life sciences. In the following pages we present five videos and five images selected by our editorial team from dozens of submissions sent to us over the summer, and we shine a spotlight on four winners, selected by an esteemed panel of judges as well as by our online readers, who cast their votes at ...
