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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 ...

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. This time we fast forward to the 2050s, when people gain the ability to hibernate and use it for far more than escaping the winter blues ...

Neuralink's first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn't clear how the firm's technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces ...

The Great British Bake Off's Josh Smalley explains how to bake the perfect freestanding gingerbread Christmas tree, complete with strong icing glue, windows and just the right biscuit texture ...

Three people in the US received a genetically modified pig kidney in 2024, marking another step towards animal-to-human organ transplants becoming routine ...

In the 1970s, John Calhoun built a sprawling mouse metropolis. The dystopian results influenced human society for decades ...

From warp drives to quantum tricks, here are five ways that physicists have figured out how to theoretically travel back in time ...

Solving challenges like climate change not only requires ambitious targets, but also an honest appraisal of uncertainty and possible failure ...

Events across the globe have conspired to create a sense of chaos, but many fields of research can help us make sense of the world, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein ...