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A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

To fix the world's problems, we need both optimism and pessimism

The wild physics that could actually be used to build a time machine

The surprising maths that explains why coincidences are so common

The shine began to wear off AI in 2024 as advances slowed down

The scientific secrets to baking the perfect holiday gingerbread

The bizarre story of a rodent utopia that predicted doom for humanity

The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

Survival of the wittiest: Could wordplay have boosted human evolution?

See the world in close-up in these intricate images of nature

Science can be our trusty shield in a time of deepening crises

Missile detectors and a Santa tracker? It's a festive mystery

How neuroscience can help you find the perfect children's toy

How a plan to make the world's largest snowflake was humbled by nature

High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024

Elon Musk's brain-implant firm Neuralink did its first tests in 2024

Dazzling auroras lit up the skies in 2024 and we may see more in 2025

Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

Climate chaos accelerated in 2024 as we hit 1.5°C for the first time

Can you and your family solve these mind-bending scientific riddles?

Can psychology help avoid festive arguments?

After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants

Pigeons are misunderstood: These little-known facts will prove why

Earth may have had its water delivered by a vast cloud of vapour

Liquid metal unlocks a way to make artificial blood vessels

Pre-eclampsia could be treated with mRNA technology

Space was for sale in 2024 as private missions led by Elon Musk boomed

The amazing talents of pigeons – and why we should learn to love them

Dogs pull harder on the leash when they wear a harness than a collar

Bird flu suddenly got serious in 2024, infecting dozens of people

Arctic tundra is now a source – not a sink – of carbon emissions

Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it's getting worse

Ultracold atoms measure gravity with surprising precision

Extreme heat may rapidly sap the ocean’s ability to absorb CO2

She's obsessed with chicken! The tests revealing my dog's inner life

Game-changing archaeology from the past 5 years – and what’s to come

The ancient board games we finally know how to play – thanks to AI

Is Google's new quantum computer a big deal?

Is Google's new Willow quantum computer really such a big deal?

Thirteen proteins in your blood could reveal the age of your brain

Mathematicians have figured out the best sofa shape for moving around

Believing in Santa Claus doesn't make children act nicer at Christmas

Chips linked with light could train AI faster while using less energy

AI found a new way to create quantum entanglement

Screwworm: Why is this flesh-eating parasite making a comeback?

Melting permafrost makes 'drunken forests' store less carbon

Mathematicians have discovered a mind-blowing new kind of infinity

Conservationists are collecting semen from endangered wild sharks