For reasons of postal error, I now receive Science every week. Every. Single. Week. Who knew? I have a hard enough time keeping up with the New Yorker's weekly pattern, and now this. These people, you people, just keep doing science. (Incidentally, then, Jonathan Cohen of Virginia Tech -- I am neither Jonathan nor at Virginia Tech (anymore) -- I've got your Science magazines if you're looking for them.)
A few weeks ago AAAS printed the results to their "Visualization Challenge 2006." The images are stunning. I can't even imagine which ones didn't win. Below are a few of my favorites. And here are the links to the past three years of winners too -- 2005, 2004, and 2003.
The ones below are all borrowed from here.
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"Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
"I'm not ashamed to dress 'like a woman' because I don't think it's shameful to be a woman." - Iggy Pop
"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." -Orson Welles
"Illusion is the first of all pleasures." -Oscar Wilde
Lovely! I missed that (I find Science pretty loaded, as well, and stick to things related to my field or my specific interests - not always the same). Nikon also has a fantastic image contest for microscopy - I don't have the link on hand, but it's worth looking out for.