BBC_Science_Focus_-_08.2019

DISCOVERIES

P H O T O G R A P H Y

1. Katie’s New Face
   Lynn Johnson
   Aged just 21, Katie became the
   youngest person ever to receive a
   full face transplant. This shot shows
   her new face moments aer it was
   surgically removed from the donor.
   The procedure was carried out at
   Cleveland Clinic in Ohio and took 30
   medical professionals more than 30
   hours to complete.


2. Zora e Robot Caregiver
   Dmitry Kostyukov
   The United Nations predicts that
   the number of people over the age
   of 60 will reach 2.1 billion by 2050.
   Health services will struggle to
   meet the needs of ageing

populations, and new technologies

such as this robot may oer ways to

provide care. The robot, named

Zora, can be controlled remotely by

a healthcare professional. This

picture was taken at a nursing

home in Jouarre, France, where

Zora can help patients with

communication, and oer comfort

and entertainment – even exercise

classes. Some people ignore the

robots, but others develop an

emotional aachment to them.

3. Awake Heart Surgery
   Tom Parker
   Since 1999, more than 600 people
   have undergone a pioneering form
   of open-heart surgery at

Wockhardt Hospital in Bangalore,

India. Instead of using a general

anaesthetic, the patient’s body is

numbed using an epidural to the

neck. This means doctors get a

beer idea of how the patient’s

body is reacting, and even allows

communication with patients

during the operation.

4. Shroud
   Simon Norfolk and Klaus
   ymann
   This shot shows an ice groo at
   Rhône Glacier, Switzerland, run by a
   family as a tourist araction.
   Thanks to rising global
   temperatures, driven by human
   activity, the glacier is melting. To

protect it, and their livelihood, the

family has covered part of the

glacier with white geosynthetic

blankets in an aempt to reect

away the Sun’s heat.

5. Pakistan Floods
   Daniel Berehulak
   Record levels of rain during 2010’s
   monsoon season caused ooding
   across Pakistan. Countless homes,
   crops and workplaces were
   destroyed. Estimates of the number
   of people killed range from 1,200 to
   2,200. This aerial photograph shows
   the inhabitants of a ooded village
   in the Dadu district scrambling for
   food rations as they bale the wind
   whipped up by an army helicopter.

Science’s

hidden

stories

The shortlist of 28 images for the annual

Wellcome Photography Prize competition

has been announced. Here are a few of our

favourites from this year...

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