The International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge from Science Magazine and the National Science Foundation award honors to the best images, illustrations, videos, games, and graphs of the past year that clearly communicate scientific information. Smithsonian magazine is proud to present a gallery of the winners, with an explanation of what each represents. This illustration looks like a rendering of Cthulhu, but is actually something scarier: a breast cancer cell, as it is being attacked by the green antibodies. Link
(Image credit: Emiko Paul, Echo Medical Media)