Images Dated 11th October 2006

Motor and sensory homunculi

Sensory and motor homunculi. Computer artwork of a motor homunculus (left) and a sensory homunculus (right). Parts of the body are sized according to how much space the brain gives to processing sensory information about that part of the body (sensory homunculus) or to controlling the movement of that part of the body (motor homunculus)

© PETER GARDINER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Marienplatz

The Marienplatz in Munich, with the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) at the top left, with the tower, circa 1925. The Mariensaule, a golden statue of the Virgin Mary stands in the centre of the square. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

© 2007 Getty Images

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Fiji, Viti Levu, Detail of light green fern leaves in foreground with tall palms

Fiji, Viti Levu, Detail of light green fern leaves in foreground with tall palms against blue sky behind; Coral Coast

© Design Pics / Himani Smeaton