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Geologists surprisingly declined to formally declare a new epoch, but proponents of the Anthropocene will continue to highlight humanity's impact on the planet ...

AI made incredible progress in 2023, but with a less-impressive pace of development this year, it may be that existing techniques are reaching their limits ...

Evidence for the origins of complex language can be found in creative two-word insults such as busy-body and kill-joy ...

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, came strangely far south this year and there may be more of the same while the sun is experiencing a solar maximum ...

From a fish with a tiny brain to the world's oldest cheese, we have reported on plenty of strange and unusual science discoveries this year. Challenge yourself and see what you can remember in this fiendish set of questions from our quizmaster Bethan ...

Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives ...

From repeat lightning strikes to identical lottery draws, mathematician Sarah Hart explains why incredibly unlikely events happen all the time ...

2024 was another year of record-breaking heat and extreme weather, including devastating floods, storms and wildfires across the globe ...

As families gather for festive time together, tensions can rise. David Robson delves into the science to find the best technique to stop arguments getting the better of us ...

The past 12 months have seen animals of all shapes, sizes and colours strut their stuff - here are just a few of the best pictures from the year ...