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2023 news review

Read ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories of 2023
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Technology

Old ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵ: How to get drunk rationally

¿ìè¶ÌÊÓƵs of Decembers past reveal an ongoing fascination with beer, with technology providing a meagre justification

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Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

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Humans

How the rules of long-lost board games take us inside ancient minds

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Humans

No more drama: The game theory guide to a happy family holiday

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 3: Build the Tower of Hanoi

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 1: Challenge your original thinking

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Health

Hangovers: What science says about why you feel so rough

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Life

Reindeer riddle: How do you tell caribou apart?

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Technology

Don’t believe the Skype: We never wanted to video call people

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 4: Demonstrate the wisdom of the ages

Use the knowledge you've gained from the school of hard knocks to fill in the missing words most accurately

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Life

Tree of life: How figs built the world and will help save it

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Technology

Medieval wax seals are giving up fresh historical secrets

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Physics

The fragile state of scientific glassblowing

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Earth

Animal magnetism: Why dogs do their business pointing north

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