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December 30
- Coolest space missions coming in 2025
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- 15 times the brain blew our minds in 2024
December 29
- 10 stunning ancient Egyptian discoveries made in 2024, from hidden temples to hallucinogenic rituals
- 10 mind-blowing black hole discoveries from 2024
- 10 'superbug' stories from 2024, from bacterial 'Kryptonite' to deep-sea antibiotics
December 28
- 5 times the James Webb telescope rewrote physics in 2024
- The 8 most controversial science stories of 2024
- 'Spiders on Mars' and ancient sea monsters: 5 of the biggest science stories you read in 2024
December 27
- The oldest rocks on Earth
- The 7 most disturbing humanoid robots that emerged in 2024
December 26
- The 10 biggest science experiments on Earth
December 24
- The biggest health news of 2024, from bird flu to CRISPR
- 15 stunning nature photos from 2024
December 23
- 3 Christmas traditions that may have pagan roots, and 4 that (probably) don't
December 20
- 10 fascinating discoveries about Neanderthals in 2024, from 'Thorin' the last Neanderthal to an ancient glue factory
December 17
- 9 of the most 'genetically isolated' human populations in the world
December 2
- 12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet

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