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Researchers tackle 12 common misconceptions about the human microbiome. Plus, the first images from the ‘dark universe’ space telescope, and an isolated Mexican oasis loses its main protector. Researchers tackle 12 common misconceptions about the human microbiome. Plus, the first images from the ‘dark universe’ space telescope, and an isolated Mexican oasis loses its main protector.

A compilation of 550 original plates reveals the dedicated work of the nineteenth-century woman who was the first to publish a book with cyanotypes of specimens. A compilation of 550 original plates reveals the dedicated work of the nineteenth-century woman who was the first to publish a book with cyanotypes of specimens.

The 19th-century British botanist used an early photographic technique to document plants and algae, and in 1843 released the first ever book illustrated with photographs

In an extract from an essay accompanying a newly published facsimile, Peter Walther tells the story of how this remarkable publication came about