article_snippet: Another gruesome, but also strangely touching image, shows the dissected uterus of a New Forest pony preserved in perspex at the Royal Veterinary College, with the fetus still inside the placenta.
article_snippet: Dr Adam Rutherford, the geneticist and broadcaster who was a member of the judging panel, said: 'The breath-taking riches of the imagery that science generates are so important in telling stories about research and helping us to understand often abstract concepts. '
article_snippet: It's not just about imaging the very small either, It's about understanding life, death, sex and disease: the cornerstones of drama and art. '
article_snippet: A scanning electron microscope allowed scientists to reveal the long snout of a boll weevil (left), while the dissected uterus of a New Forest pony reveals a New Forest pony foal still in the placenta and preserved in perspex (centre) and the strange beauty inside a goat's second stomach (right)
article_snippet: A scanning electron microscope also helped researchers capture the image of the head of a boll weevil found on the front porch of a suburban house in the USA.