FAVORITE IMAGES OF THE WEEK - 12

Glowing Jellies

Part of the American Natural History Museum's "Creatures of Light" exhibit, the crystal jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, flashes green when it's touched. Read more here.

AMNH

Whales Doing It

This is the first time two humpback whales have ever been seen during mating. It is majestic and has led to several very good jokes. Read more here.

Jason Edwards

Algae Lake

China's Chaohu Lake has been suffering from a blue algae outbreak so thick it covers the entire body of water. Officials think it might be due to rising temperatures.

AFP/Getty Images

It's What We're Livin' In

Canon, makers of fine cameras and other photography wares, showed off a new "Mixed Reality" headset. It sounds bonkers. Read more about it here.

Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images

Stellar Nursery

The ESO's Very Large Telescope snapped this image (well, "snapped" isn't quite right, but you get the idea) of NGC 6357, a stellar nursery about 8,000 light-years away. Read more here.

ESO

Bike Routes

This simulation, created with GPS trails, shows the routes taken by cycling pizza delivery drivers on one night in Manhattan. It's a tough job! Not least because riding a bike in Manhattan is pretty much exactly like driving a taxi in Crazy Taxi. Read more here.

America Revealed

Quokka

This little guy is a quokka, a small marsupial related to kangaroos and wallabies. Zookeepers at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney are attempting to map footprints of all of the zoo's creatures.

Reuters/Daniel Munoz