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A spark of light • Climate change and covid-19 dominated 2021, but there is cause for rational optimism

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A difficult Christmas • Facing a festive season dominated by omicron, few countries appear to have substantially changed their plans, reports Michael Le Page

Stopping coronavirus variants • We failed to prevent the emergence of omicron, but there are things we can do to halt the evolution of more variants, reports Michael Le Page

Race to start commercial deep-sea mining endangers ecosystems

Turkey plumage colour correlates with bird fearfulness

AI reads the boring terms and conditions so you don’t have to

‘Space cow’ explosion was probably a failed supernova

Black hole telescope launched • The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer will probe the universe’s most exotic objects

Mother’s scent helps babies bond with strangers

Robot learns to play table tennis in just 1.5 hours

Some dinosaurs could run at 45 km per hour

More than half of cancer biology lab findings cannot be replicated

Hudson Bay polar bears lack sea ice for hunting seals

Parent birds sing a song of mitochondrial manipulation

Cataracts may be linked to dementia

‘Impossible’ planet orbits binary stars

Really brief

Falling asleep may boost creativity

Chemical in seeds of grapes extends lifespan of older mice

Paler feathers linked to longer migrations

A year of tackling great challenges

Billions of covid-19 shots given in wealthy nations • By the end of 2021, several countries were on a third round of coronavirus vaccinations, reports Clare Wilson

CRISPR-edited food goes on sale

Investigating protein-folding becomes easier with AI • DeepMind released 3D models of the human proteome, and there is more to come, finds Matthew Sparkes

The man leading China’s quantum computing mission • The nation’s world-beating quantum technology is largely credited to Jian-Wei Pan, reports Matthew Sparkes

Space tourism is go – for the billionaires, anyway

Crude eyes form on brain blob in a dish

The month of Mars: Three missions to the Red Planet • February was an exceptionally busy month for our planetary neighbour, reports Leah Crane

“Nothing will ever top that moment when we announced the flight was successful” • After landing on Mars, Ingenuity became the first vehicle to attempt powered flight on another planet. New Scientist speaks to Theodore Tzanetos, the Ingenuity team’s leader

Remote working prompts a rethink of office jobs • Many people worked from home throughout 2021 and now we understand the pros and cons, says Alice Klein

World’s first malaria vaccine

COP26 lays the groundwork for a decade of action

Extreme weather hits • 2021’s weather was striking for not just breaking records, but often smashing them, says Adam Vaughan

Well, that was interesting • New Scientist’s columnists see out 2021 by examining cryptocurrency absurdities, sci-fi botany, COP26’s outcome and science’s other corona

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By the Pricking of My Robotic Thumbs • A pianist faces a difficult choice when it comes to playing a new piece, in this short story by Mary Robinette Kowal

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