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Another rollercoaster year • War, high prices and extreme weather came with a green energy shift and space joy

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NASA’s moon craft splashes down • The successful landing of the uncrewed Orion capsule sets up return trips that could see astronauts exploring the lunar surface once more, says Leah Crane

CRISPR has promise for leukaemia • An experimental technique led to no detectable cancer cells in one girl with the condition

Lab-grown stem cells may help to save white rhino

Gravitational wave detectors could spot alien warp drives

Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

Deepfake detector could protect world leaders

Stretchable sticky plaster repairs punctured lungs

Oldest DNA ever recovered reveals ecosystem from 2 million years ago

Venice may get a respite from rising seas by 2035

Biogel body armour could stop a supersonic bullet

Why you may never be able to buy your own self-driving car • Despite many breakthroughs in car automation, private vehicles that need no driver may never reach the market, says Matthew Sparkes

Diversity of species helped mammals shrug off dinosaur-killing asteroid

Heat pump uses a loudspeaker and wet paper to cool air

Beeswax features in a surprising number of animal diets

Smoking and drinking alcohol are linked to our genetics

Lager microbe found on college campus

Four-legged robot can heal if wounded

Did gamma rays generate building blocks of life in space?

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The most explosive volcano this century

A new kind of nuclear war • Military attacks on nuclear power plants in Ukraine by Russian troops shocked the world and could lead to new reactor designs, says Matthew Sparkes

The Russian gas rollercoaster • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and subsequent events have had a huge impact on the cost of gas in Europe

Family tree of humanity shows how we are all related

COP27 sets up next climate battle • A deal to compensate nations for climate-related damage raises a tricky question: who pays?

First person to get a pig heart is step towards routine xenotransplants

NASA’s asteroid collision test is a smashing success

Covid-19 responses shift gear • From zero covid to “living with the virus”, strategies varied around the world

W boson surprise throws a spanner into standard model

Extreme temperatures and increasing ice melt unleashed at the poles

Cosmic celebration • The James Webb Space Telescope delighted and thrilled us in its first year

Fusion energy becomes a more feasible prospect

Rivers running dry • Extreme drought turned swathes of Europe to dust

Life, death and wormholes • New Scientist’s columnists examine 2022’s tech failures, a controversial simulation, some good news about nature and its benefits to mental health

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Orris • In a future where climate change has devastated Florence’s iris fields, a perfumer makes a hard choice, in this short story by Arkady Martine

A CHALLENGE OF COSMIC PROPORTIONS • This year has been a big one for space, with the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and all the amazing images and discoveries it has brought us. In celebration, New Scientist and Charlie Wheeler at...