Nikon’s Small World photomicrography competition winners – in pictures - The Guardian

This microscopic view of an inkjet printer depositing ink onto paper was selected as the winning photo of the 2026 Nikon Small World competition. (Ole Bielfeldt via Nikon Small World)Colossal tornadoes, hurricanes and winter storms get plenty of attention. It's time to honor the tiniest phenomena among us. The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition has just announced its winner for 2026 — it's the picture above. Taken by Ole Bielfeldt in Cologne, Germany, it shows a printer dropping ink onto paper like raindrops falling on the flat ground. The annual competition honors the best of the best in photography under the light microscope. Simply put, it's some of the most awe-inspiring and downright coolest photography you'll see all year. Below, you can see a few of our favorite finalists. For the full top 20 and to see previous winners, head to the competition's website.(MORE: Video winners take us into worlds the eyes can't see)Second place — John-Oliver DumExtreme macro close-up of a jumping spider's face with large black eyes, white scales and pollen grains.(John-Oliver Dum via Nikon Small World)Third place — Kaelin Wulf and Ms.

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AI agents left to explore a virtual island without a specific task began inventing challenges of their own. MIT researchers say the behavior bears the hallmarks of play. The researchers put 13 AI agents called Eko, each running on Claude Opus 4.7, alone on a simulated desert island for 30 hours. They describe the experiment in a paper posted on arXiv, a site where researchers share studies before peer review. Afterward, they gave the agents specific challenges, like getting as many objects as possible onto the island’s tallest rock spire. The Eko agents that had spent those 30 hours playing generally beat identical agents that had never set foot on the island.