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Year 2024 futuristic 3D render. Modern colours. WEB 3.0 colours.

Environment

What 2024 will look like, from moon missions to COP29

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Health

Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

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Space

Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

Environment

Hannah Ritchie: ‘Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful’

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Leaders

Year 2024 futuristic 3D render. Modern colours. WEB 3.0 colours.

Environment

What 2024 will look like, from moon missions to COP29

While 2024 will see more of 2023鈥檚 defining features, from record-breaking temperatures to advances in artificial intelligence, the year could also usher in a new space age and even a whole new epoch

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Europa Clipper Reaction Wheel installations Requester: Gretchen Mccartney Photographer: Gregory M. Waigand Date: 2022-10-14 Photolab order: 106955-11.00.00.A04

Space

Europa Clipper will launch to Jupiter in 2024 to explore its icy moon

Jupiter's moon Europa is thought to be one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth, thanks to its subsurface ocean, and in 2024 NASA is launching a mission to take a close look

Health

2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps Wegovy and Ozempic

Space

Vera C. Rubin Observatory will start scanning the night sky in 2024

Environment

2024 will break the extreme temperature records set in 2023

Environment

Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from fossil fuels?

Health

Premature babies could be treated with an artificial uterus in 2024

Technology

AI firms will face copyright infringement lawsuits in 2024

Earth

We might officially enter the Anthropocene epoch in 2024

Space

International fleet of spacecraft is heading to the moon in 2024

Analysis

Technology

Is artificial intelligence about to free us from the curse of Babel?

Artificial intelligence will make it easier than ever to communicate across linguistic borders. But is this a good thing, asks linguist Philip Seargeant

Society

The weird tale of California Forever, a tech billionaire instant city

Aperture

?Goleuadau?r Gogledd? ? Mathew Browne Wales, United Kingdom The title of this image, ?Goleuadau?r Gogledd,? translates to ?Northern Lights? in Welsh. Finding the accurate translation proved challenging, as this phrase isn?t commonly used in everyday conversations here in South Wales. Witnessing the aurora borealis this far south is a rare occurrence, and capturing it at an iconic location like Paxton?s Tower adds to its uniqueness. Paxton?s Tower, a hilltop folly with a history spanning over 200 years, overlooks the picturesque Carmarthenshire countryside. For over an hour, the horizon beyond the clouds emitted hues of green and pink. However, for a brief yet magical moment, the sky came alive with impressive pink pillars, visible to the naked eye

Earth

See a dazzling collection of the year’s best northern lights pictures

This spectacular selection of images is taken from the winners of the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year competition, run by Capture the Atlas

Features

Cartoon image of a wide-open mouth

Health

Why tending your oral microbiome is the secret to a long, healthy life

There are untold legions of viruses, fungi and bacteria living in your mouth. It now seems we can stave off conditions from Alzheimer's disease to cancer by keeping them in a healthy balance

Environment

Hannah Ritchie: ‘Eco-anxiety on its own is not that useful’

Space

Have we found filaments of pure energy unleashed during the big bang?

Culture

Young woman, wearing a orange jacket, is reading a book on an ebook reader during sunset over Himalayas. She is sitting on the top of a mountain and holding the e-reader.The afternoon sun on the background. Mount Everest National Park. This is the highest national park in the world, with the entire park located above 3,000 m ( 9,700 ft). This park includes three peaks higher than 8,000 m, including Mt Everest. Therefore, most of the park area is very rugged and steep, with its terrain cut by deep rivers and glaciers. Unlike other parks in the plain areas, this park can be divided into four climate zones because of the rising altitude. The climatic zones include a forested lower zone, a zone of alpine scrub, the upper alpine zone which includes upper limit of vegetation growth, and the Arctic zone where no plants can grow.

Comment

20 non-fiction and popular science books to look forward to in 2024

Why is gravity still a puzzle? Do humans make pandemics? Are we all ocean people? 2024鈥檚 best reads, by authors from Claudia de Rham to Helen Scales, probe our toughest questions

Comment

12 extraordinary science fiction books to watch out for in 2024

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The 13 best sci-fi series and science shows to look forward to in 2024

More

Kaizen concept; the continuous improvement in business for efficiency and effectiveness. Kaizen cycle icon on wood cubes; improve, continuous, process, result, standard solution. Quality improvement.

Mind

Think small for attainable New Year’s resolutions

Making ambitious goals for the year ahead can set you up for disappointment, so try embracing the concept of kaizen instead, says David Robson

Tom Gauld on the boss’s grand ambitions

Twisteddoodles: What did the printer say to the radio?

Regulars

Comment

Celebrating New Year with the otorhinolaryngology crew

Feedback enjoys 16 years of adventures - including pyrotechnics - on New Year鈥檚 Eve in the otorhinolaryngology department of a single hospital

This Week鈥檚 Letters

This week鈥檚 new questions

Why aren鈥檛 we equally capable with our left and right sides?

Does putting a spoon in a bottle of champagne stop it losing its fizz?

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