ScienceBlogs Channel Photos, Week of Feb. 26-Mar. 3

For your weekly viewing pleasure, here are the larger (more Xtreme!) versions of this week's channel photos.

(Have a photo you'd like to send in? Email it to photos@scienceblogs.com, or assign the tag "sbhomepage" to one of your photos on Flickr. Note: be sure to assign your photo an "attribution only" or "share and share alike" Creative Commons license so that we can use it.)

First photo here, the rest below the fold.

Life Science. From Flickr, by *clairity*

Physical Science. Newborn stars peek out from beneath their natal blanket of dust in this dynamic image of the Rho Ophiuchi dark cloud from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. From Photojournal, by NASA

Environment. From Flickr, by Nicholas_T

Humanities & Social Science. From Flickr, by Raphael Goetter

Education & Careers. From Flickr, by ne*

Politics. Pro-war anti-protesters line the streets during a Peace March on the Pentagon. From Flickr, by eva101

Medicine & Health. From Flickr, by Shutr

Brain & Behavior. A slice of the somatosensory cortex in a mouse brain under 20x magnification. From Flickr, by new_20x

Technology. From Flickr, by guano