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CES 2024: The best laptops for coding & programmers
By Lloyd Coombes published
CES 2024 was a banner year for innovations in laptops. Here are the ones likely to be making waves this year for coders.

The 10 best stargazing events of 2024
By Jamie Carter published
The 2024 stargazing guide includes a rare total solar eclipse, two bright comet flybys and three supermoons. Here are all the dates you need to know.

3 scary breakthroughs AI will make in 2024
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
Although 2023 was a game-changing year for artificial intelligence, it was only the beginning, with 2024 set to usher in a host of scary advancements that may include artificial general intelligence and even more realistic deepfakes.

The 8 most Earth-shattering asteroid discoveries of 2023
By Brandon Specktor published
This year was one of the biggest ever for asteroid science, with NASA's triumphant return from asteroid Bennu, the grand reveal of organic molecules from asteroid Ryugu, a close look at the gory aftermath of an asteroid collision, and more.

16 tech projects from 2023 that could change the world
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
From phytoplankton-based carbon capture to 3D reconstruction scanners, scientists are working on cutting-edge technologies they believe can reshape humanity for the better.

10 things we learned about our human ancestors in 2023
By Laura Geggel published
Findings about our human ancestors continue to surprise us, especially those from 2023.

10 controversies that 'broke' science in 2023
By Sascha Pare published
Get the popcorn ready as we wrap up this year's most hotly debated science stories.

Northern lights photographer of the year winners
By Annie Corinne Shaink published
The winners for the 2023 "Northern lights photographer of the year" include locations from which the northern lights have never been photographed before.
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