Our Science Visuals team reviewed the most striking photographs we published this year. Here are the ones that moved us the most. Read more of the article here.
The transition from single cell to multicell organisms—a major step in evolution—may not have been as complex as originally thought. Students in the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, use multiple stains to highlight the specialized cells in these delicately constructed juvenile squid, Loligo pealei. Credit: Wang Chi Lau/Embryology Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory
