I’ve mentioned beauty in science before and how science can bring up the most striking images which are remarkably stunning, captivating and mesmerizing at the same time. national geographic recently just honoured the best science images of 2007. Shown below, it may look like a strange insect , but this is actually a CT image revealing the delicate structures underlying the human nose. The multicolored pockets, seen in a cutaway from below the nose looking up, are the paranasal sinuses—the air-filled spaces in the skull that are the bane of many an allergy sufferer.

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