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MILTON, ON - APRIL 13: Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University transports a frozen core sample at Crawford Lake on April 13, 2023 in Milton, Ontario. Patterson is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group and has been conducting research based on frozen core samples from the lake. He is among a group of scientists who think we have entered a new geological epoch. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Earth

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

Geologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity’s impact on the planet

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Environment

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

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Health

2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants

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Technology

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

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Space

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

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Health

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

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Life

The inside story of heroic efforts to save three bird species

Culture

ARINGAY, PHILIPPINES - DECEMBER 01: Residents queue to receive a dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a rural village on December 01, 2021 in Aringay, La Union province, Philippines. The Philippines is rushing to vaccinate its population as it mulls making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory and amid the looming threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The country, which has just approved booster shots for its adult population, launched a three-day national vaccination holiday on November 29 to December 1 with the goal of vaccinating at least nine million additional people. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)

Health

Discover RNA's irresistible ascent from humble molecule to CRISPR star

Culture

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Physics

Time travel sci-fi novel is a rip-roaringly good thought experiment

Culture

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Mind

Nine profiles of neurodiverse people reveal rich and creative worlds

From a police detective to an orthopaedic surgeon, Daniel Tammet shows that there is no such thing as a single neurodiverse experience in his book, Nine Minds: Inner lives on the spectrum

Culture

Technology

A skilful primer makes sense of the mathematics beneath AI's hood

Culture

Comment

An entertaining history of gases shows science at work in daily life

Culture

Comment

Cute housebot Sunny lures us into an intriguing and flawed TV show

Culture

Comment

Why many inventions, from flying cars to smart robots, fail to launch

Culture