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2022: The year of rolling polycrisis, but with a few glimmers of hope
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Life
Diversity helped mammals survive asteroid that killed the dinosaurs
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Life
DNA from 2 million years ago is the oldest ever recovered
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Health
Thousands of genetic variants may influence smoking and alcohol use
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Technology
Self-healing robot recovers from being stabbed then walks off
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Technology
Deepfake detector spots fake videos of Ukraine's president Zelenskyy
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Space
NASA’s Artemis I mission has ended as Orion splashed down on Earth
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Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos
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Health
Sticky plaster for punctured lungs stretches as they expand
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Health
Experimental CRISPR technique has promise against aggressive leukaemia
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Chemistry
Biogel armour can stop a supersonic projectile in its tracks
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Life
Endangered white rhinos' cells turned into sperm and egg stem cells
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Space
LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves
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Humans
Test your wits against this epic set of interlinked space puzzles
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Earth
Tonga volcano eruption was the most explosive of the 21st century
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Environment
Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine started a new kind of nuclear war
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Humans
A family tree of humanity released in 2022 shows how we're all related
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Environment
This year's COP27 set up a major battle for next year's climate summit
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Space
NASA's asteroid redirection spacecraft was a smashing success in 2022
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Health
Landmark pig heart transplant was a big leap forward in 2022
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Health
The covid-19 pandemic’s third year saw countries adopt new approaches
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Physics
The W boson gave particle physicists a major shock in 2022
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Environment
The Arctic and Antarctic saw record warmth and ice melt in 2022
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Space
JWST captured the most thrilling and inspiring space images of 2022
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Physics
Unlimited energy from fusion became a more feasible prospect in 2022
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Environment
Extreme drought in 2022 exposed fragility of Europe’s energy system
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Analysis
Technology
Why you may never be able to buy your own self-driving car
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Technology
Why the tech apocalypse of 2022 was largely a good thing
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Humans
This was a terrible year for me, but spending time in nature helped
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Technology
Is our evolving relationship with tech shifting our view of reality?
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Life
Despite our impact, there were inspiring wildlife wins this year
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Aperture
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Humans
We have finally found the land of Punt, where pharaohs got their gifts
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Environment
Subnivium: The secret ecosystem hidden beneath the snow
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Environment
Inside the decadent – but still ethical – world of vegan fine dining
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Life
How reindeer eyes change colour in winter to help them see in the dark
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Physics
How to beat your family at board games with quantum tricks
Features
Environment
How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation
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Space
What our attempts to communicate with alien civilisations say about us
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Technology
Magnetic tape: The surprisingly retro way big tech stores your data
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Environment
The surprising origin of sprouts, the vegetable we either love or hate
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Mind
Why self-compassion is the first step to being kinder to others
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Life
Some individual animals are really lazy. How do they get away with it?
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Physics
The strange physics of absolute zero and what it takes to get there
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Earth
How well do you know your animal poo? Find out with this picture quiz
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