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EVROS, GREECE - AUGUST 31: A firefighters runs as wildfire intensifies in the village of Sidiro and Yannuli in Evros, Greece on August 31, 2023. Efforts to extinguish wildfire continues. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Environment

Why 2023 was almost certainly the hottest year ever recorded

Greenhouse gas levels and the arrival of the El Niño weather pattern pushed the world’s climate into “uncharted territory” in 2023

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Wolf-Rayet stars are known to be efficient dust producers, and the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA?s James Webb Space Telescope shows this to great effect. Cooler cosmic dust glows at the longer mid-infrared wavelengths, displaying the structure of WR 124?s nebula. The nebula is made of material cast off from the aging star in random ejections, and from dust produced in the ensuing turbulence. This brilliant stage of mass loss precedes the star?s eventual supernova, when nuclear fusion in its core stops and the pressure of gravity causes it to collapse in on itself, and then explode. As MIRI demonstrates here, Webb will help astronomers to explore questions that were previously only left to theory about how much dust stars like this create before exploding in a supernova, and how much of that dust is large enough to survive the blast and go on to serve as building blocks of future stars and planets.

Space

Six of the most amazing space pictures from 2023

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Close up image of a selection of freshly flame grilled burgers in a row on a wooden counter at a London street food market. Each of the burgers has its own label, on which is written the contents of the burger. The burgers are sandwiched between glazed buns, and presented on beds of fresh green lettuce and stuffed with melted cheese and red onion. Horizontal colour image with copy space and beautiful bokeh background.

Health

Cancer in young people is rising and 2023 saw a plan to figure out why

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2PNBXXP Pack of Ozempic, antidiabetic for weight control, taken in a pharmacy in Niesky, April 13, 2023.

Health

Wegovy and Ozempic made 2023 a revolutionary year for weight loss

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Health

Stretchy electrodes shrink when wet to fit snugly around organs

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How to use 'flavour bridging' to cook a bizarre but tasty holiday meal

Chemistry

How to use 'flavour bridging' to cook a bizarre but tasty holiday meal

Features

Joaquin Phoenix films AI HER.

Technology

The top ten films about artificial intelligence according to an expert

Culture

The best science-inflected music of 2023

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The best science-inflected music of 2023

Culture

The best 3 board games of 2023 – if you love science

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The best 3 board games of 2023 – if you love science

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Space

2023 saw thrilling space missions and new cosmic mysteries

The past year gave us thrilling missions to Jupiter and the moon, stunning images that captured the universe like it’s never been seen before, and a few tanatalising cosmic mysteries

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The best new science fiction books of December 2023

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The 22 best non-fiction and popular science books of 2023

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The best science picture books for your coffee table in 2023

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The 13 best new science fiction books of 2023

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