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Mathematics

The mathematically perfect table size for solving any jigsaw puzzle

When choosing the perfectly sized table to do your jigsaw puzzle on, work out the area of the completed puzzle and multiply it by 1.73

Climate activists protest after a draft of a negotiation deal was released, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana - RC25W4A9Z99Q

Environment

Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from fossil fuels?

Environment

Hurricane damage to forests could release huge amount of stored carbon

Technology

Artificial pain sensors could help robots avoid damaging themselves

A blue gloved hand dips a glass container on a string into flowing water

Pollution testing on the river Windrush pits science against sewage

2R2AKY2 Advertising for Wegovy (semaglutide) weight loss injections in the New York subway on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (? Richard B. Levine)

Health

2024 will see a new weight-loss drug that trumps Wegovy and Ozempic

A0XHR7 Fall colored trees reflected off Crawford Lake Ontario Canada

Earth

We might officially enter the Anthropocene epoch in 2024

Health

Probiotics helped reduce fatigue and memory loss from long covid

Mathematics

Mathematicians found a guaranteed way to win the lottery in 2023

Life

Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism

Long-tailed macaques on the island of Koh Ped appear to have learned a new way to forage when the pandemic put a stop to feeding by tourists

Life

An ancient whale claimed the title of heaviest animal ever in 2023

Physics

Dark stars may be waiting in a mirror universe for us to discover them

Mathematics

Decades-old mathematical mystery about the Game of Life finally solved

Earth

China started drilling ultra-deep holes in 2023 in a hunt for oil