science

On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie’s latest, Neil Jordan’s debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson Source link

The price of weight-loss drugs like Wegovy put them out of reach for most people with obesity, but new arrivals and expiring patents should change that this year Source link

A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle Source link

The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a shutdown and an upgrade. When it is turned back on, it will be even more powerful Source link

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been used to show this activity is mostly random noise Source link

Feedback’s eyebrows are raised at tech millionaire Bryan Johnson’s latest exploits, which involve Grimes, music, and hallucinogenic mushrooms Source link

Careful slope monitoring prevented mass casualties in the landslide at Blatten, Switzerland, this year, but mountain communities may face a growing risk of disasters Source link

Ejaculating within 48 hours of providing a sperm sample for IVF seems to lead to greater success rates than abstaining from ejaculation for longer Source link

Astronomers thought they had seen the “first hints of life on an alien world” this year, but they disappeared under closer scrutiny Source link

It’s easy to assume that the most talented adults among us were once gifted children, but it turns out that talent during childhood is no guide to later success Source link