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Battersea Park © Paul Campbell Photographer
Of The Land and Sea © Nick Walker
Not all viruses lead to global pandemics. Some have evolved to our benefit. An ancient virus called HERV-K may protect human embryos from other viruses, according to Joanna Wysocka, a professor of both chemical and systems biology and of developmental biology at Stanford University. When an embryo reaches the eight-cell stage (as projected at left), HERV-K is activated and may nudge the cells to build proteins that shield them from infection. It turns off when the embryo implants in the uterus. Ancient viruses make up nearly 8 percent of human DNA, with HERV-K joining an ancestor's genome more than 30 million years ago. Scientists like Wysocka are continuing to untangle how viruses have become a part of us. (Craig Cutler/National Geographic)
75°. Bill Vanderslice, Port Charlotte, FL. Courtesy of Danelle Manthey
Aoyama Gundam © Tom Blachford
Onjali, 2020 Credit: Tim Mitchell
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Alone Street, 2018-2019 by Gregory Crewdson © Courtesy Templon, Paris – Brussels
Enam Ewura Adjoa Asiama by Yolanda Y. Liou © Yolanda Y. Liou
Hotel Opera Prague, Czech Republic, c. 1891. Photo by Valentina Jacks – [@valentina_jacks](https://www.instagram.com/valentina_jacks)
All images courtesy of  Robert Götzfried
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