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2023 news review

Read ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories of 2023
Noland Arbaugh by John Francis Peters, 2024

Technology

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

Neuralink’s first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn’t clear how the firm’s technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces

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https://x.com/alfrekjv/status/1789814301613588543 Sinaloa, Mexico, 2024

Space

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

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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

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https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1834183614898241617

Space

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

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Woodstock, CT - July 9: A young cow at Fairvue Farms. (Photo by Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Health

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

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Netflix handout still: Supacell. SUPACELL is about a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except for one thing: they are all Black South Londoners. It is down to one man, Michael Lasaki, to bring them all together in order to save the woman he loves.

Comment

The best science fiction TV shows of 2024

Culture

The best science fiction films of 2024

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The best science fiction films of 2024

Culture

The best new science fiction books of December 2024

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The best new science fiction books of December 2024

Culture

The best new science fiction books of 2024

Space

The best new science fiction books of 2024

Culture

Stunning Never Let Me Go stage version asks the big questions

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Stunning Never Let Me Go stage version asks the big questions

Kazuo Ishiguro’s heartbreaking dystopian novel of young love and organ donation has been superbly adapted for the stage

Culture

Health

World's thinnest spaghetti won't please gourmands but may heal wounds

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Environment

Vaclav Smil's take on how to feed future populations has one big flaw

Culture

Environment

We must use genetic technologies now to avert the coming food crisis

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Society

Major US art event explores the bonds between art and science

Culture

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