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Humans

The story of ancient Mesopotamia and the dawn of the modern world

Ancient Mesopotamia comes alive in Moudhy Al-Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script

Culture

Bill & Paul Allen at teletype machine, Lakeside yearbook photo (1969-1970)

Technology

Explore what shaped Bill Gates in part one of his autobiography

Culture

Physics

Physicists in 2024 searched the quantum realm for the truth about time

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The eye of Hurricane Beryl on 1 July

Earth

The most powerful images of the natural world from 2024

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Mathematics

Mathematicians spent 2024 unravelling proof almost no one understands

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NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter on Mars

Space

NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after surprise success

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Life

The most inspiring conservation success stories in 2024

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The Penguin and the compact elliptical galaxy the Egg

Space

The best space images from 2024

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Environment

The most encouraging climate solutions and green technologies of 2024

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The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024

Technology

The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024

A long-envisioned futuristic world of humanoid robots doing all the work has yet to arrive, but these startling images reveal some of the surprising ways that advanced robotics is becoming more ubiquitous in people's lives

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Technology

From Tesla to Trump, Elon Musk had a very busy 2024

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Mpox became a global health emergency for the second time in 2024

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Life

A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

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Environment

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

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